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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
importing
basicimport 185
install 174-175
logs 188
network 171
ospctrl commands 189
requirements 170
server platform 170
server requirements 170
software 171
supported platforms 161
system requirements 170
TFTP 179
uninstall 176
upgrade 186
Windows boot image 179
public key infrastructure 30
R
RAID levels for SQL Server 123
recover collector 147
recovery models for database 152
recovery plan 156
recovery settings
configure 153
register
vSphere Client VCM Plug-in 134
remote desktop session host 40, 64, 90
disable in three-tier install 90
disable in two-tier install 64
Remote Desktop Session Host 40
remote package
UNIX/Linux agent upgrade 133
repair
uninstall, troubleshooting 117
replace 32-bit environment 141
Report Manager URL confirmation 53, 80, 106
reports generation 52, 77, 79, 103-104
requirements
Agent Proxy 163-164
collector software and OS 16
disk configuration 14
installation 10
managed machines 158
Managing Agent 163
operating system 158
OS Provisioning server 170
software sizing impacts 16
split installation ports 117
UNIX/Linux agent machines 162
UNIX/Linux patch deployment 162
VCM CPU on virtual machine 27
VCM disk space on virtual machine 27
VCM memory on virtual machine 28
VCM on virtual machine 26
resource for VCM on virtual machine 26
RSA Enhanced Validated Modules 166
RSA machine key 119
S
scripts for collection use PowerShell 160
secure certificates 30
Security Guide for VCM
certificates 30
system prerequisites 20
security policy 119
server
provisioning, operating system 170
server authentication 30
Service Console OS for ESX 163
services account
for collector 23
Services Management console 23
settings
database recovery 153
settings to customize components 150
single-tier installation 18, 34
components 34
configuration 36
prerequisites 36
procedure 37
size of environment 12
sizing worksheets 12, 14
software
collector 16
managed machines 158
software provisioning 161
software provisioning 161
split install 34, 60, 86
split installation 18
migration 145
SQL Server
administrator rights 46, 70, 95
agent service account 46, 70, 95
computer name 45
computer names 68, 93
configure 122
database 52, 79, 105
database settings 122
disk IO configuration 123
evaluation version 16, 42, 66, 91
installing 64-bit 42, 66, 91
maintenance plan 154
performance 122
processor settings 123
properties 44, 68, 93
RAID levels 123
SQL Server Reporting Service (SSRS)
backup keys 77, 102
SQL XML 86
SQLIO for IO channel throughput 126
SQLXML version 25, 58, 85, 110
SSRS
back up keys 51, 77, 102
configure 79
dashboard errors 51, 102
generate reports 52, 77, 79, 103-104
user permissions errors 51, 102
Web service errors 51, 102
status of agent installed 24
supported agent machines 158
supported platforms
provisioning, operating system 161
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