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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
Software Provisioning
Component
Description Requirements
Software Repositories File system used to store the shared software packages. .NET 3.5.1
and IIS 6, 7,
or 7.5
Package Manager Application on each managed machine that downloads
packages from repositories, and installs and removes the
software contained in the packages.
.NET 3.5.1 or
higher
You can use any virtual machine guest on VMware ESX and ESXi Servers that meets these requirements
for any of the VCM Software Provisioning components.
Linux and UNIX Patch Assessment and Deployment Requirements
VCM 5.7 supports UNIX patch assessments and deployments for various machine types and operating
systems. The PLS files used for UNIX patch assessments require 20MB of disk space.
Supported Operating System Supported Hardware
AIX 6.1 RISC and PowerPC
AIX 7.1 RISC and PowerPC
HP-UX 11i v1.0 (11.11) (up to 5.4 Agent only) 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
Mac OS X 10.6 (up to 5.5.0 Agent only) Intel-based Apple platforms only
Mac OS X 10.7, 10.8 Intel-based Apple platforms only
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 6.0, 6.1,
6.2, 6.3, Server, Desktop with Workstation, and Advanced Platform
x86 and x64 (includes Intel and
AMD architectures, excludes
Itanium)
Solaris 10 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 (includes Intel and
AMD architectures, excludes
Itanium)
Table 15–6. Linux and UNIX Patch Assessment and Deployment Operating System and Hardware
Requirements
VCM 5.7 provides UNIX patch assessment content in a new format for the following operating systems.
n
Red Hat RHEL5 and 6
n
SUSE SLES 10.0–10.4 and 11.0–11.2
For information about the new content format, see the VCM Administration Guide or the VCM online help.
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