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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 Windows Server 2008 R2
- Install the .NET Framework
- Configuring the Database Components of the VCM Collector
- Install SQL Server on the VCM Collector
- Verify and Configure the SQL Server Properties
- Verify Matching SQL Server and Computer Names
- Verify the SQL Server Agent Service Account is a sysadmin
- Verify that the SQL Server Agent Service Starts Automatically
- Select the SQL Server Agent Service Account
- Establish SQL Server Administration Rights
- 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
- Verify that the SQL Server Agent Service Starts Automatically
- Select the SQL Server Agent Service Account
- Establish SQL Server Administration Rights
- Configure the Combined VCM Collector and Web Server
- Three-Tier Split Installation
- Configuring a Three-Tier Split Installation Environment
- Verify that the Installing User is an Administrator
- Install and Configure a Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System
- Configure the VCM Database Server
- 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
- Verify that the SQL Server Agent Service Starts Automatically
- Select the SQL Server Agent Service Account
- Establish SQL Server Administration Rights
- Configure the Web Server
- Configure the VCM Collector
- 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 5.7
- Migrate a 64-bit Environment Running VCM 5.3 or Earlier toVCM 5.7
- 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
- Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS Agent Files
- Windows Custom Information Supports PowerShell 2.0
- Supported OS Provisioning Target Systems
- Software Provisioning Requirements
- Linux and UNIX 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
Agent Supported Operating System Supported
Hardware
Platform
Platforms
To Be
Upgraded
ESX 4.1, 4.1 Update 1
ESXi 4.1, 4.1 Update 1, Update 2, Update 3
ESXi 5.0, 5.0 Update 1
ESXi 5.1
HP-UX 11i v1.0 (11.11) (up to 5.4 Agent only)
(If you install the Agent on HPUX 11.11, patch
PHSS_30966 is required.)
Supported in trusted mode in the default
configuration.
PA-RISC
HP-UX 11i v2.0 (11.23) (up to 5.4 Agent only) Itanium
HP-UX 11i v2.0 (11.23) (up to 5.4 Agent only) PA-RISC
HP-UX 11i v3.0 (11.31) Itanium
HP-UX 11i v3.0 (11.31) PA-RISC
Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 5 and 6
(Not supported for Patching)
x86 and x64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0–5.8, 6.0–6.3 Server,
Desktop with Workstation, and Advanced Platform
x86 and x64
Solaris 10
(Certified and verified on Solaris 10 zfs and custom
information data class collections on both zfs and
vxfs.)
SPARC,
SPARC-V9,
x86, and x64
Solaris 11
(Not supported for Patching)
SPARC,
SPARC-V9,
x86, and x64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10.0–10.2 (up to
5.5.0 Agent only)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10.3–10.4, 11.0–
11.2
x86 and x64
Mac OS X
(Servers and
Workstations)
Mac OS X 10.6 (up to 5.5.0 Agent only)
Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.8
Intel-based
Apple
platforms only
Active Directory Microsoft Windows 2000 x86
Microsoft Windows 2003 x86 and x64
Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 x86 and x64
Microsoft Windows 2008 x86 and x64
VCM Remote Supports the same platforms as the VCM Windows
Agent.
Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines
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