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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
Verify the ASPRole Service
To support client programming, verify the status of the ASP Role Service to confirm that the .NET
framework is installed correctly.
Procedure
1. Click Start and select All Programs > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.
2. Expand Server Manager (<server name>) and expand Roles.
3. Click Web Server (IIS).
4. Scroll down to Role Services.
5. Locate ASP and verify whether the role service is installed.
6. If the role service is not installed, click Add Role Services and add the ASP role service.
Verify ASP.NETRole Service
To support client programming, verify the status of the ASP.NET Role Service to confirm that the .NET
framework is installed correctly.
Procedure
1. Click Start and select All Programs > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.
2. Expand Server Manager (<server name>) and expand Roles.
3. Click Web Server (IIS).
4. Scroll down to Role Services.
5. Locate ASP.NET and verify that the role service is installed.
6. If the role service is not installed, click Add Role Services and add the ASP.NET role service.
What to do next
Configure the Web components for the combined VCM Collector and Web server. See "Configure the
Web Components" on page 72.
Configure the Web Components
The combined VCM Collector and Web server contains Web applications such as IIS and SQL Server
Reporting Services (SSRS), other services, and VCM software components. Before you install VCM, you
must configure the combined VCM Collector and Web server.
The Windows machine that hosts the Web components must be running Internet Information Services
(IIS) 7.5. IIS is installed when you install Windows Server 2008 R2.
For a two-tier installation, the Web server components reside on the same machine as the VCM Collector.
The SQL Server license includes SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). In your two-tier split installation
configuration, when you run SSRS and SQL Server on the same machine, the SQL Server database
machine can take on the role of the Report Server (SSRS).
VCM 5.6 supports running SSRS on the Web server or on the database server in a split installation.
Depending on the separation of services in your environment, you might want to install SSRS on the Web
server machine in a split installation, because SSRS has its own Web server.
Two-Tier Split Installation
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