Installation guide
Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Configuration ManagerAdministration Guide
- About This Book
- Getting Started with VCM
- Installing and Getting Started with VCM Tools
- Configuring VMware Cloud Infrastructure
- Virtual Environments Configuration
- Configure Virtual Environments Collections
- Configure Managing Agent Machines
- Obtain the SSL Certificate Thumbprint
- Configure vCenter Server Data Collections
- Configure vCenter Server Virtual Machine Collections
- Configure vCloud Director Collections
- Configure vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines Collections
- Configure vShield Manager Collections
- Configure ESX Service Console OS Collections
- Configure the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In
- Running Compliance for the VMware Cloud Infrastructure
- Create and Run Virtual Environment Compliance Templates
- Create Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups
- Create and Test Virtual Environment Compliance Rules
- Create and Test Virtual Environment Compliance Filters
- Preview Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups
- Create Virtual Environment Compliance Templates
- Run Virtual Environment Compliance Templates
- Create Virtual Environment Compliance Exceptions
- Configuring vCenter Operations Manager Integration
- Auditing Security Changes in Your Environment
- Configuring Windows Machines
- Verify Available Domains
- Check the Network Authority
- Assign Network Authority Accounts
- Discover Windows Machines
- License Windows Machines
- Disable User Account Control for VCM Agent Installation
- Install the VCM Windows Agent on Your Windows Machines
- Enable UAC After VCM Agent Installation
- Collect Windows Data
- Windows Collection Results
- Getting Started with Windows Custom Information
- Prerequisites to Collect Windows Custom Information
- Using PowerShell Scripts for WCI Collections
- Windows Custom Information Change Management
- Collecting Windows Custom Information
- Create Your Own WCI PowerShell Collection Script
- Verify that Your Custom PowerShell Script is Valid
- Install PowerShell
- Collect Windows Custom Information Data
- Run the Script-Based Collection Filter
- View Windows Custom Information Job Status Details
- Windows Custom Information Collection Results
- Run Windows Custom Information Reports
- Troubleshooting Custom PowerShell Scripts
- Configuring Linux and UNIX Machines
- Configuring Mac OS X Machines
- Patching Managed Machines
- VCM Patching for Windows Machines
- VCM Patching for UNIX and Linux Machines
- UNIX and Linux Patch Assessment and Deployment
- Getting Started with VCM Patching
- Getting Started with VCM Patching for Windows Machines
- Check for Updates to Bulletins
- Collect Data from Windows Machines by Using the VCM Patching Filter Sets
- Assess Windows Machines
- Review VCM Patching Windows Assessment Results
- Prerequisites for Patch Deployment
- Default Location for UNIX/Linux Patches
- Location for UNIX/Linux Patches
- Default Location for UNIX/Linux Patches
- vCenter Software Content Repository Tool
- Deploy Patches to Windows Machines
- Getting Started with VCM Patching for UNIX and Linux Machines
- Check for Updates to Bulletins
- Collect Patch Assessment Data from UNIX and Linux Machines
- Explore Assessment Results and Acquire and Store the Patches
- Default Location for UNIX/Linux Patches
- Deploy Patches to UNIX/Linux Machines
- How the Deploy Action Works
- Running VCM Patching Reports
- Customize Your Environment for VCM Patching
- Running and Enforcing Compliance
- Provisioning Physical or Virtual Machine Operating Systems
- Provisioning Software on Managed Machines
- Using Package Studio to Create Software Packages and Publish to Repositories
- Software Repository for Windows
- Package Manager for Windows
- Software Provisioning Component Relationships
- Install the Software Provisioning Components
- Using Package Studio to Create Software Packages and Publish to Repositories
- Using VCM Software Provisioning for Windows
- Related Software Provisioning Actions
- Configuring Active Directory Environments
- Configuring Remote Machines
- Tracking Unmanaged Hardware and Software Asset Data
- Managing Changes with Service Desk Integration
- Index
discovery
provisioning, operating system 161
domain controllers
add network authority 194
assign network authority 195
available domains 194
collect 198
collecting 198
discover 195
discover, license, install 193
discovering 195
domain discovery 194
license 196
licensing 196
run setup action 201
domain discovery
domain controllers 194
Windows machines 72
domains
active directory 193
download settings
patch assessment content 138
E
editing
asset data field 221
hardware asset data 225
hardware asset data values 226
software asset data 229
software asset data values 229
VCM asset data 223
enabling
UAC on Windows machines 83
environment variable, %Systemroot% 79, 81
ESX
collect 50
service console operating system collection48
ESX files
copy 51
ESX logs
collect 48, 53
example PowerShell script 92
exploring
assessment results, UNIX 148
assessment results, Windows 141
Remote collection results 217
exporting
SCAP assessment 156
F
filter for WCI collections 101
filter sets
Remote 207
remove client 207
forest
run determine forest action 200
forests
active directory 193
foundation checker 19
installation 22
ftp, use binary mode 110, 127
G
getting started
active directory 193
assets 219
auditing 69
deploy patches, UNIX/Linux 150
deploy patches, Windows 144
explore assessment results, UNIX 148
explore assessment results, Windows 141
launch assessment 140
launching 12
logging on 12
patching collection 139
remote client 205
tools 19
Using Patching 138
virtualization 23
vSphere Client Plug-in 56
WCI 86
WCI PowerShell scripts 88
H
host files
remote client 208
hosts
collect 50
HTTP agent, port number 80
I
import/export wizard 20
importing
SCAP benchmark 154
information bar in portal 13
install package manager
software provisioning 180
install package studio
software provisioning 178
install repository
software provisioning 177
installation
agent on Mac OS X machines 127
agent on Red Hat, SUSE 110
agent on UNIX/Linux machines 109
agent on Windows machines 77-78
agent, UNIX 110, 128
foundation checker 22
tools 19
Windows machines 71, 193
InstallCMAgent 112, 128
installing
Package Studio 178
packages 186
PowerShell 100
remote client 210-211, 213
repositories 177
VMware, Inc.
235
Index