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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
vCenter Configuration Manager Advanced Installation Guide
VCM Agent Support on Non-English Windows Platforms 158
VCM Managed Machine Requirements 158
Windows Custom Information Supports PowerShell 2.0 160
Supported OS Provisioning Target Systems 161
Software Provisioning Requirements 161
UNIX and Linux Patch Assessment and Deployment Requirements 162
Support for VMware Cloud Infrastructure 163
Cloud and Virtualization Infrastructure Platforms 163
Managing Agent Requirements 163
Agent Proxy Requirements for VMware ESX and ESXi 163
vCenter Operations Manager Integration Features 165
FIPS Requirements 165
FIPS for Windows 165
FIPS for VCM Agent Proxies 167
Agent Sizing Information 167
Windows Machines 167
UNIX and Linux Machines 169
Mac OS X Machines 169
Hardware and Software Requirements for the Operating System Provisioning Server 170
Supported OS Provisioning Server Platform 170
OS Provisioning Server System Requirements 170
OS Provisioning Server Software Requirements 171
Required Packages 171
Disallowed Packages 171
OS Provisioning Server Network Requirements 171
Provisioning Network Interface 171
Configure the OS Provisioning Server Firewall 172
Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading the OS Provisioning Server and Components 174
Restricted Network Environment 174
Install and Configure the OS Provisioning Server 174
Install the Operating System Provisioning Server 175
Uninstall the OS Provisioning Server 176
Configure DHCP 177
Configure a DHCP Server Other Than the OS Provisioning Server 178
Configure TFTP 178
Create a Windows Boot Image 179
Copy the VCMî ±Certificate to the OS Provisioning Server for Linux Provisioning 180
Import Distributions into the OS Provisioning Server Repository 181
Create Directories for Windows Distributions 181
Import Windows Distributions 182
Import Linux Distributions 183
Using the basicimport Command Options 185
Working with Custom Linux ISO Distributions 185
Upgrade the OS Provisioning Server to 5.5 186
Managing the OS Provisioning Server System Logs 188
ospctrl Command Options 189
Index 190
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