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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
Procedure
1. Click Start.
2. Select All Programs > Microsoft SQL Server 2008R2 > SQL Server Management Studio.
3. Expand the SQL instance.
4. Expand Databases.
5. Right-click VCM and select Properties.
6. Click Options.
7. In the Recovery model drop-down, select the recovery model and click OK.
What to do next
Create a maintenance plan for SQL Server 2008 R2. See "Create a Maintenance Plan for SQL Server 2008
R2" on page 154.
Create a Maintenance Plan for SQL Server 2008 R2
To ensure that VCM runs at peak performance and requires little operator intervention during its
lifecycle, you must set up a routine maintenance plan. VCM relies heavily on its SQL databases for
operation.
The maintenance plan uses the automated maintenance functions on SQL Server 2008 R2 servers that host
the VCM database.
Procedure
1. Click Start.
2. Select All Programs > Microsoft SQL Server 2008R2 > SQL Server Management Studio.
3. Expand the Management folder, right-click Maintenance Plans and select Maintenance Plan Wizard.
4. On the Maintenance Plan wizard page, click Next.
5. On the Select Plan Properties page, enter a maintenance plan name, select Single schedule for the
entire plan or no schedule, and click Change.
6. On the Job Schedule Properties - Maintenance Plan page, set the scheduling properties to run the
maintenance plan when the SQLserver is idle or has low usage.
7. Click OK to return to the Select Plan Properties page and click Next.
8. On the Select Maintenance Tasks page, select the following maintenance tasks and click Next.
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Check Database Integrity
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Rebuild Index
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Update Statistics
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Clean Up History
9. On the Select Maintenance Task Order page, order the maintenance tasks and click Next.
10. On the Define Database Check Integrity Task page, define how the maintenance plan will check the
database integrity.
Maintaining VCM After Installation
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