Installation guide

Procedure
1. On the Windows 2008 machine, click Start > Run.
2. In the Run dialog box, type msconfig and click OK.
3. In the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
4. In the System Configuration dialog box, click the Tools tab.
5. In the Tool Name list, select Enable UAC.
6. Click Launch.
7. When the command is finished running, click Close and click Close again.
8. Restart the Windows 2008 machine to apply the changes.
What to do next
Collect data from managed Windows machines. See "Collect Windows Data" on page 84.
Collect Windows Data
Start managing the Windows machines by performing an initial collection, which adds Windows machine
data to VCM.
Use the default filter set to collect a general view of the Windows machines in your environment. The first
time that you use the default filter to collect data, the Windows Agent returns all of the data specified in
the filter and stores the data in the VCM database. All subsequent collections will return a delta against the
data previously collected.
A delta collection includes only the differences between the data on the target machine and the data stored
in the VCM database. If you need a full collection, you can specify that VCM collect all data again. A full
collection can take a significant amount of time depending on the number of VCM managed Windows
machines from which you are collecting.
When you perform a full collection from your entire environment, run the collection during nonworking
hours so that users do not notice any performance impact on managed machines. After the initial
collection is finished, subsequent delta collections will most likely not impact performance.
Prerequisites
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Collect the Accounts and Groups data types from the primary domain controller (PDC) in each domain
to increase the performance of initial collections that require a SID lookup.
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To collect data from Windows XP SP2 or Vista machines that use DCOM communication, you must
enable ICMP pings in the firewall settings or disable ICMP pings in VCM.
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Verify that DCOM is enabled on the managed machine. Run dcomcnfg and select Enable Distributed
COM on this computer.
Procedure
1. On the VCM toolbar, click Collect.
2. On the Collection Type page, select Machine Data and click OK.
3. On the Machines page, select the Windows machines from which to collect data and click Next.
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