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
Configuring vCenter Operations Manager
Integration
5
Configuring vCenter Operations Manager
Integration
Integration of VCM with vCenter Operations Manager reports VCM configuration changes in the vCenter
Operations Manager console. You configure the data types to report to vCenter Operations Manager and
the threshold reporting level used to roll up the configuration changes. VCM records configuration
changes in the change log regardless of whether you reported the data to vCenter Operations Manager.
From vCenter Operations Manager, you can navigate to VCM to view the details.
Configure vCenter Operations Manager with VCM
You configure the data types to report to vCenter Operations Manager and the threshold reporting level
used to roll up the configuration changes. VCM records configuration changes in the change log
regardless of whether you reported the data to vCenter Operations Manager. From vCenter Operations
Manager, you can navigate to VCM to view the details.
You can report on UNIX and Windows configuration change data and VCM initiated reboot changes.
VCM reports change data to vCenter Operations Manager by default. vCenter Operations Manager polls
VCM for configuration changes every 5 minutes.
The following procedure configures VCM to report a UNIXdata type to vCenter Operations Manager and
sets the threshold reporting level to roll up a defined number of configuration changes into a single
reporting icon to report the changes in the vCenter Operations Manager console.
Procedure
1. In VCM, click Administration.
2. Select Settings > Integrated Products > VMware > vCenter Operations Manager.
3. Configure VCM to report a UNIXdata type, such as UNIX Patch Assessment, to vCenter Operations
Manager.
a. Select UNIXPatch Assessment - Report to vCenter Operations Manager, and click Edit Setting.
b. Click Yes to report the data.
c. Click Next and Finish.
4. Set the threshold reporting level to roll up the configuration changes in the vCenter Operations
Manager console.
a. Select UNIXPatch Assessment - Rollup Threshold, and click Edit Setting.
b. Type the number of configuration changes for the collection to roll up into a single reporting icon
to report in vCenter Operations Manager.
c. Click Next and Finish.
For details about the reporting settings, see the VCM online help.
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