5.6

n
Red Hat RHEL5 and 6
n
SUSE SLES 10.0–10.4 and 11.0–11.2
For information about the new content format, see the VCM Administration Guide or the VCM online help.
Support for VMware Cloud Infrastructure
Use VCM to collect data from vCenter Server, vCloud Director, and vShield Manager. The collection runs
on the supported platforms using the VMware API/SDK through a Managing Agent.
To collect ESX Linux Data Types from the ESX Service Console OS, including ESX Logs, you use an Agent
Proxy.
Cloud and Virtualization Infrastructure Platforms
You can collect from the following platforms.
Product Supported Versions Collection
Method
vCenter Server/vSphere 4.0 and Updates 1, 2, 3, 4
4.1 and Updates 1, 2, 3
5.0 and Updates 1, 1b
5.1 and Update 1
Managing
Agent
ESXi Versions supported on the supported
vCenter Server versions.
Managing
Agent
ESX Versions supported on the supported
vCenter Server versions.
Managing
Agent
ESX Linux Data Types from the ESX Service
Console OS, including ESX Logs
3.5 – 4.x Agent
Proxy
vCloud Director 1.5 and 1.5.1
5.1 and 5.1.1
Managing
Agent
vShield Manager 5.0 and 5.1.1 Managing
Agent
Table 15–6. Supported VMware Infrastructure Platforms
For information about interoperability solutions for supported platforms, see VMware Product
Interoperability Matrixes on the partner Web site at partnerweb.vmware.com.
Managing Agent Requirements
To collect virtual environments data, you use Managing Agent machines. A Managing Agent is a Windows
machine running Windows 7, 64-bit, or Windows Server 2008, 64-bit.
Agent Proxy Requirements for VMware ESX and ESXi
To collect ESX Service Console OS Linux data types, including ESX logs, you use an Agent Proxy rather
than installing the VCM Agent directly on the ESX Servers.
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