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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
provisioning, operating system 174-175
SQL Server 122
SQL Server processor settings 123
SSRS 79
SSRS, two-tier 77, 103
Web components 37, 47, 62, 72, 87, 96
Web Service URL 53, 79, 105
content architecture for patch assessment 162
CPU requirements
VCM on virtual machine 27
Cryptographic DSS Enhanced Modules 166
Cryptographic RSA Enhanced Modules 166
Cryptographic Service Providers 165
customize VCM 150
D
dashboard errors in SSRS 51, 102
data collections in virtual environments 134
data file sizing
Mac OS X machines 169
UNIX and Linux machines 169
Windows machines 167
database
back up 139
backup and disaster recovery plan 156
file growth 152
history cleanup 155
index rebuild setting 155
integrity check 154
recovery models 152
recovery settings 153
settings for SQL Server 122
SQL Server 52, 79, 105
update statistics 155
database server
AD account for Kerberos 55, 82, 107
configure Kerberos 54, 81, 107
DCOM
enable 40
default network authority account 22
default port 1433 42, 65, 91
DHCP
provisioning, operating system 177-178
disaster recovery plan 156
disk configuration requirements 14
disk interface and drive performance 125
disk IO for SQL Server 123
disk sizing for agent machines 167
disk space requirements
collector 12
VCM on virtual machine 27
DSS Enhanced Validated Modules 166
E
encryption keys 53, 79, 105
Enhanced Key Usage extensions 30
enterprise certificates 31
environment size 12, 16
environment variable 24
establish
administration rights 21
SQL Server administrator rights 46, 70, 95
TLS connection 31
ESX Service Console OS 163
evaluation version of SQL Server 16, 42, 66, 91
F
Federal Information Processing Standards 165
file growth for database 152
file size for agents
Mac OS X 169
UNIX/Linux 169
Windows 167
FIPS 165
Agent Proxy 167
Windows hardware 165
Firefox 22
firewall
OS Provisioning server 172
Foundation Checker 20
G
guides for best practices 14
H
hardware
agent 158
collector 12
managed machines 158
software provisioning 161
virtualization 164
history cleanup for database 155
hyperthreading 123
I
IIS
64-bit 86
configuring 49, 74, 98
ISAPI Extensions 51, 76, 100
impact of environment sizing 16
import distributions
provisioning, operating system 181
Windows directories 181
import Windows
provisioning, operating system 182
importing
provisioning, operating system
basicimport 185
index rebuild setting for database 155
install
provisioning, operating system 174-175
SSRS 77, 103
install VCM on virtual machine 26
installation
check prerequisites 12, 16
configurations 16, 18
maintenance 150
preparing 18
prerequisites 12, 16
requirements 10
VCM 117
Installation Manager 117
integrity check for database 154
Internet Explorer 22
IO channel throughput 126
ISAPI Extensions 50-51, 76, 100
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