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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
Index
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32-bit environment migrations 137
A
account
database server 55, 82, 107
Kerberos, database server 55, 82, 107
accounts
clustered servers 46, 70, 95
administrator rights 21
agent 24
communication settings 151
disk sizing 167
EXE installer 32
folder 24
hardware 158
software provisioning 161
MSI installer 32
non-English Windows platforms 158
OS platform support 10
patch assessment 162
platforms supported 131
software
software provisioning 161
UNIX/Linux upgrade 132-133
upgrade for UNIX/Linux 131
upgrading 130
agent certificates 31
agent installed status 24
agent machines for new content architecture 162
Agent Proxy
FIPS 167
hardware requirements 164
OS requirements 164
virtualization 163
agent proxy machine upgrade 135-136
agent proxy machine upgrade manually 136
agent service account for SQL Server 46, 70, 95
application services account 23
architecture, new patch assessment content 162
ASP Role Service 41, 72, 111
ASP.NET Client System Web version 41, 71, 111
ASP.NET Role Service 41, 72, 112
attributes for certificates 30
authenticate server to client 30
authentication with HTTP/HTTPS 54, 81, 107
autogrowth for database 152
avoid loss of data
back up certificates 140
back up databases 139
back up files 139
B
back up
certificates 140
databases 139
Index
VMware, Inc.
190
files and reports 139
back up key to encrypted file 51, 77, 102
backup and disaster recovery plan 156
basic authentication with HTTP/HTTPS 54, 81, 107
basicimport
provisioning, operating system 185
best practices guides 14
boot image, Windows
provisioning, operating system 179
browser compatibility 22
C
certificates 30
back up 140
collector 31
enterprise 31
Installation Manager generated 30
certificates for agents 31
certificates, copy
provisioning, operating system 180
channel throughput with SQLIO 126
Cloud Infrastructure 163
clustered servers account types 46, 70, 95
collect virtual environment data 163
collection scripts use PowerShell 160
collector
certificates 31
configure components 37, 57, 62, 84, 87, 110
disk space requirements 12
hardware 12
OS platform support 10
software 16
upgrade 129
collector services account 23
communication certificates 30
communication settings for agents 150
compatibility of browser 22
component-specific settings 150
Component Services DCOM Config console 23
component settings 150
computer name matches SQL Server 45
computer names, SQL Server 68, 93
configurations
database file growth 152
configure
agent communication settings 150
collector components 37, 57, 62, 84, 87, 110
CPU for VCM on virtual machine 27
database file growth 152
database recovery settings 153
disk for VCM on virtual machine 27
IIS 49
Kerberos on database server 54, 81, 107
memory for VCM on virtual machine 28