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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
Agent Supported Operating System Supported
Hardware
Platform
Platforms
To Be
Upgraded
Windows Microsoft Windows 2003 SP2 x86 and x64
Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 x86 and x64
Microsoft XP Professional SP3 x86 and x64
Microsoft Vista Business (including SP1) x86 and x64 *
Microsoft Vista Ultimate (including SP1) x86 and x64 *
Microsoft Vista Enterprise (including SP1) x86 and x64 *
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x86 and x64 *
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x86 and x64 *
Microsoft Windows 7 Business x86 and x64
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x86 and x64
Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise x86 and x64 *
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x86 and x64
Microsoft Windows 2012 Enterprise x86 and x64
UNIX and
Linux
AIX 6L 6.1, AIX 7.1 RISC and
PowerPC
ESX 4.1, 4.1 Update 1
ESXi 4.1, 4.1 Update 1, Update 2, Update 3
ESXi 5.0, 5.0 Update 1
ESXi 5.1
HP-UX 11i v1.0 (11.11) (up to 5.5.0 Agent only)
(If you install the Agent on HPUX 11.11, patch PHSS_30966
is required.)
Supported in trusted mode in the default configuration.
PA-RISC
HP-UX 11i v2.0 (11.23) (up to 5.5.0 Agent only) Itanium
HP-UX 11i v2.0 (11.23) (up to 5.5.0 Agent only) PA-RISC
HP-UX 11i v3.0 (11.31) Itanium
HP-UX 11i v3.0 (11.31) PA-RISC
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7,
5.8, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 Server, Desktop with Workstation, and
Advanced Platform
x86 and x64
Solaris 10
(Certified and verified on Solaris 10 zfs and custom
information data class collections on both zfs and vxfs.)
Sparc, Sparc-
V9, x86, and
x64
Table 15–1. Agent Operating System and Hardware Requirements
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