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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Advanced Installation Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Achieving a Successful VCM Installation
- Hardware Requirements for Collector Machines
- Software and Operating System Requirements for Collector Machines
- Preparing for Installation
- System Prerequisites to Install VCM
- Configure Resources to Install VCM on a Virtual Machine
- Secure Communications Certificates
- Single-Tier Server Installation
- Configure a Single-Tier Installation Environment
- Verify that the Installing User is an Administrator
- Install and Configure a Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System
- Install the .NET Framework
- Configuring the Database Components of the VCM Collector
- Configure the Web Components
- Configure SSRS on the VCM Collector
- Configure the VCM Collector Components
- Two-Tier Split Installation
- Configuring a Two-Tier Split Installation Environment
- Verify that the Installing User is an Administrator
- Install and Configure a Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System
- Configuring the VCM Database Server
- Disable the Firewall or Add an Exception for SQL Server Port 1433
- Install SQL Server on the Database Server
- Verify and Configure the SQL Server Properties
- Verify Matching SQL Server and Computer Names
- Verify the SQL Server Agent Service Account is a sysadmin
- Select the SQL Server Agent Service Account
- Establish SQL Server Administration Rights
- Configure the Combined VCM Collector and Web Server
- Three-Tier Split Installation
- Installing VCM
- Configuring SQL Server for VCM
- Upgrading or Migrating VCM
- Upgrading VCM and Components
- Upgrading Virtual Environments Collections
- Migrating VCM
- Prerequisites to Migrate VCM
- Migrate Only Your Database
- Replace Your Existing 32-Bit Environment with a Supported 64-bit Environment
- Migrate a 32-bit Environment Running VCM 5.3 or Earlier to VCM 5.6
- Migrate a 64-bit Environment Running VCM 5.3 or Earlier to VCM 5.6
- Migrate a Split Installation of VCM 5.3 or Earlier to a Single-Tier, Two-Tier...
- How to Recover Your Collector Machine if the Migration is not Successful
- Maintaining VCM After Installation
- Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines
- VCM Agent Support on Non-English Windows Platforms
- VCM Managed Machine Requirements
- Windows Custom Information Supports PowerShell 2.0
- Supported OS Provisioning Target Systems
- Software Provisioning Requirements
- UNIX and Linux Patch Assessment and Deployment Requirements
- Support for VMware Cloud Infrastructure
- vCenter Operations Manager Integration Features
- FIPS Requirements
- Agent Sizing Information
- Hardware and Software Requirements for the Operating System Provisioning Server
- Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading the OS Provisioning Server and Components
- Index
For a migration, you must update your hardware to 64-bit, update the operating system to the 64-bit
Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system, update to SQL Server 2008 R2, and update SQL Server
Reporting Services. Then you can migrate your existing VCM, SCM, or ECM installation to your new
VCM 5.6 environment.
Prerequisites
Before you migrate any part of your existing VCM environment to VCM 5.6, you must perform the
prerequisites. See "Prerequisites to Migrate VCM" on page 138.
Procedure
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"Migrate Only Your Database " on page 140
Migrate only your VCM database from version 4.11.1 or later.
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"Replace Your Existing 32-Bit Environment with a Supported 64-bit Environment" on page 141
Replace an existing 32-bit environment of VMware VCM, EMC Ionix SCM, or Configureoft ECM.
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"Migrate a 32-bit Environment Running VCM 5.3 or Earlier to VCM 5.6" on page 142
Migrate an existing 32-bit Collector to VCM 5.6. A migration to VCM 5.6 requires you to prepare new
hardware and software for your environment and install the required software components.
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"Migrate a 64-bit Environment Running VCM 5.3 or Earlier to VCM 5.6" on page 143
Migrate an existing 64-bit Collector to VCM 5.6. A migration to VCM 5.6 requires you to prepare new
software for your environment and install the required software components.
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"Migrate a Split Installation of VCM 5.3 or Earlier to a Single-Tier, Two-Tier, or Three-Tier Server
Installation" on page 145
Migrate an existing split installation to a single-tier, two-tier, or three-tier installation configuration for
VCM 5.6.
Prerequisites to Migrate VCM
Before you migrate any part of your existing VCM environment to VCM 5.6, you must perform several
prerequisite steps.
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Review and understand the migration scenarios. See "Upgrading or Migrating VCM" on page 128.
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Verify that your existing VCM installation is functional.
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Verify that your VCM Collector meets all of the hardware and software requirements for a 64-bit
environment. For a complete list of requirements, see the "Software and Operating System
Requirements for Collector Machines" on page 16.
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Verify that your VCM version to migrate is either VMware VCM 5.3, EMC Ionix SCM 5.0 or later, or
Configuresoft ECM 4.11.1 or later.
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If your VCM Collector is installed on a 32-bit Windows machine, understand the system requirements
for VCM 5.6. See "Software and Operating System Requirements for Collector Machines" on page 16.
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Verify that an existing 32-bit environment includes SQL Server 2005 and SP3.
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Verify that an existing 64-bit environment includes 64-bit SQL Server 2005 and SP2, 32-bit SQL Server
Reporting Services (SSRS), and SSRS SP3. The 32-bit version of SSRS is required in 64-bit environments
of VCM 5.3 and earlier.
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Verify that your environment includes the required versions of the Microsoft .NET Framework. See
"Preparing for Installation" on page 18.
Upgrading or Migrating VCM
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