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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
K
Kerberos
on database server 54, 81, 107
Kerberos network protocol 54, 81, 107
key backup for SSRS 51, 77, 102
keys
SQL Server Reporting Service (SSRS) 77, 102
L
language packs for Windows machines 158
licensing
servers, workstations 131
Linux, custom distribution
provisioning, operating system 185
Linux/ESX
provisioning, operating system
import 183
local administration rights 21
local package
UNIX/Linux agent upgrade 132
locale settings 39, 64, 89
logs
provisioning, operating system 188
M
Mac OS X agent
data file sizing 169
maintain VCM installation 150
maintenance
backup and disaster recovery plan 156
configure database file growth 152
customize settings 150
database recovery settings 153
maintenance plan for SQL Server 154
managed machines 12, 158
requirements 158
Managing Agent 163
requirements 163
manual upgrade of agent proxy machine 136
match computer and SQL Server names 45
memory requirements
VCM on virtual machine 28
Microsoft CryptoAPI 165
migrate
32-bit environment 142
64-bit environment 144
databases 140
databases in split environment 145
split installation 145
VCM 17, 138
migrating 128
migration
recover collector 147
migration prerequisites 138
Mozilla Firefox 22
MSI installer for agent install 24
mutual authentication 31
N
NET Framework 40, 71, 111
status 41, 71, 111
network authority account 22
new content architecture 162
non-clustered servers account types 46, 70, 95
non-English Windows platforms 158
O
OpenSSL FIPS 167
operating system locale settings 39
operating system requirements 158
FIPS 165
OS Provisioning 161
Software Provisioning 161
OS Provisioning server 35
ospctrl commands
provisioning, operating system 189
overview of installation configurations 16
P
patch assessment
agent machines 162
new content architecture 162
performance of SQLServer 122
permissions
SQL Server agent service account 46, 70, 95
VCM Remote virtual directory 120
personal certificate store 30
personal system store 31
physical requirements for Agent Proxy 164
planning VCM maintenance 154
platforms
for Cloud Infrastructure 163
UNIX/Linux agent support 131
PLS files for UNIX/Linux patch assessment 162
plug-in files for vSphere Client VCM Plug-in 134
ports
1433 42, 65, 91
split installation requirements 117
PowerShell for collection scripts 160
prepare for installation 18, 117
prerequisites
check for installation 12, 16
installation 16, 20
single-tier installation 36
three-tier installation 87
to migrate VCM 138
two-tier installation 61
prerequisites for migration 138
procedure
single-tier installation 37
three-tier installation 87
two-tier installation 61
processor settings for SQL Server 123
properties
SQL Server 44, 68, 93
provisioning, operating system
certificates, copy 180
confgure 174
configure 175
custom Linux distributions 185
DHCP 177-178
distributions importing 181
firewall 172
import
Windows 182
import Linux/ESX 183
import, create Windows directories 181
VMware, Inc.
192
Index