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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
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Software and Operating System
Requirements for Collector Machines
Software and Operating System
Requirements for Collector Machines
Your VCM environment software configuration must meet the requirements to install VCM 5.6. The
software requirements are based on the number of managed machines in your environment and your
installation configuration.
The software requirements are organized into steps. You must perform the steps in the order specified to
ensure a successful VCM installation.
All software requirements apply to the server in your single-tier installation. For more information about
installation configurations, see "VCM Installation Configurations" on page 18.
Sizing Impacts on Software Requirements
Use the total number of managed machines that you identified in "Determine the Size of Your
Environment" on page 12 to locate your environment size (1–1000, 1000–2000, 2000–5000, or more). If you
have more than 5000 machines in your environment, contact VMware Technical Support for your specific
requirements.
VCM supports Standard and Enterprise editions of SQL Server 2008 R2.
CAUTION If your Windows machine has an evaluation version of SQLServer StandardEdition or
Enterprise Edition, use it only for evaluation purposes. Do not use an evaluation version in a
production environment, because it is not officially supported for production.
Software
Component
Number of Managed Machines
1–1000 1000–2000 2000–5000
Operating
System
Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2
Enterprise Edition
SQL Version SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard
Edition (64-bit)
SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard
Edition (64-bit)
SQL Server 2008 R2
Standard Edition (64-bit)
SSRS Version SQL Server 2008 Reporting
Services
SQL Server 2008 Reporting
Services
SQL Server 2008 Reporting
Services
Table 3–1. Minimum Software Requirements by Number of VCM Managed Machines
Software Installation and Configuration Overview
VCM supports the Collector running on a Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system. Complete the
preparatory steps to prepare your Windows Server 2008 R2 machine for a successful VCM installation.
When you use VCM Installation Manager to install VCM, the system checks will run without error,
indicating that you have met all of the requirements to install VCM.
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