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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
vCenter Operations Manager Integration Features
You can configure the following versions vCenter Operations Manager with VCM 5.6. Different integrated
versions of vCenter Operations Manager support different features.
vCenter Operations Manager Version VCM Features in vCenter Operations Manager
5.0.x VCM change events
5.6 VCM change events, compliance template results, and machine groups
FIPS Requirements
If your organization must conform to the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), the following
tables list the VCM supported standards.
FIPS for Windows
For the following Windows platforms, VCM uses the Microsoft CryptoAPI and the Microsoft
Cryptographic Service Providers (CSPs), which is included with Microsoft Windows.
Operating System Version Hardware Platform FIPS Module Certificate
.NET 3 cil 894
Windows Vista 1 x86 899
Windows Vista 1 x86 and 64-bit 894
Windows Vista 1 x86 and 64-bit 893
Windows Vista 1 x86 and 64-bit 892
Windows 2003 SP2 x86 and 64-bit 875
Windows 2003 SP1 x86 and 64-bit 382
Windows 2003 SP1 x86 and 64-bit 381
Windows 2003 Gold x86 and 64-bit 382
Windows 2003 Gold x86 and 64-bit 381
Windows XP SP2 x86 240
Windows XP SP2 x86 238
Windows XP SP1 x86 240
Windows XP Gold x86 240
Windows XP Gold x86 238
Windows 2000 All x86 103
Windows 2008 1 x86 and 64-bit;
Itanium is not
supported.
See "Cryptographic RSA Enhanced
Validated Modules" on page 166 and
"Cryptographic DSS Enhanced
Validated Modules" on page 166.
Table 15–7. FIPS Support for Windows Machines
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