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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
sysadmin 46, 70, 95
system checks 20
system prerequisites 20
T
TFTP
provisioning, operating system 179
three-tier split installation 18, 86
prerequisites 87
procedure 87
throughput with SQLIO 126
TLS 119
server authentication 30
trust
certificate 31
chain 31
two-tier installation
procedure 61
two-tier split installation 18, 60
prerequisites 61
U
uninstall
provisioning, operating system 176
troubleshooting 117
uninstall agent 24
MSI installer 24
UNIX/Linux agent
communication settings 151
data file sizing 169
machine patch assessment 162
platform support 131
upgrade 131
upgrade local package 132
upgrade remote package 133
unregister vSphere Client VCM Plug-in 134
update statistics for database 155
upgrade
agent proxy machine 135-136
agent proxy machine manually 136
agents 128
failed, troubleshooting 117
provisioning, operating system 186
UNIX/Linux agent 131
UNIX/Linux agent local package 132
UNIX/Linux agent remote package 133
VCM 17, 128-129
VCM Remote client 130
virtual environments 134
vSphere Client VCM Plug-in 134
Windows agents 130
upgrading 128
URL for Report Manager 53, 80, 106
URL for Web Service 53, 79, 105
user permissions errors for SSRS 51, 102
V
vCenter Server 134, 163
vCloud Director 134, 163
VCM
component-specific settings 150
database backup 139
database recovery models 152
supports three-tier installations 18, 117
upgrade 129
VCM installation 117
on virtual machine 26
VCM maintenance plan 154
VCM Remote
virtual directory 120
VCM Remote client
upgrade 130
VCM Security Guide
certificates 30
system prerequisites 20
VCM upgrade and migration 17
version
SQLXML 58, 85, 110
virtual directory
VCM Remote 120
virtual directory permissions 120
virtual environments
data collection 134, 163
upgrade 134
virtual machine VCM installation 26
virtual requirements for Agent Proxy 164
virtualization
Agent Proxy 163
hardware 164
VMware Cloud Infrastructure 163
vShield Manager 134, 163
vSphere Client VCM Plug-in 134
upgrade 134
W
WCF ISAPI extensions 51, 76, 100
WCI uses PowerShell 160
Web service errors for SSRS 51, 102
windir environment variable 24
Windows
FIPS 165
Windows agent
communication settings 151
data file sizing 167
upgrade 130
Windows agent data file sizing 167
Windows boot image
provisioning, operating system 179
Windows directories
provisioning, operating system
import 181
Windows import
provisioning, operating system 182
Windows Server 2008 R2 38, 63, 88
worksheets for sizing environment 12, 14
X
X.509 RFC standard 30
VMware, Inc.
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Index