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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
L
language packs for Windows machines 159
licensing
servers, workstations 135
Linux, custom distribution
provisioning, operating system 189
Linux/ESX
provisioning, operating system
import 187
Linux/UNIX Agent
communication settings 154
file size 170
machine patch assessment 164
platform support 135
upgrade 135
upgrade local package 136
upgrade remote package 137
local administration rights 22
local package
Linux/UNIX Agent upgrade 136
logs
provisioning, operating system 190
M
Mac OS X Agent
file size 171
maintain VCM installation 153
maintenance
backup and disaster recovery plan 158
configure database file growth 155
customize settings 153
database recovery settings 156
maintenance plan for SQL Server 156
managed machines 11, 159
requirements 159
Managing Agent 165
requirements 165
manual upgrade of agent proxy machine 140
match computer and SQL Server names 45
memory
virtual machine 29
Microsoft CryptoAPI 166
migrate
32-bit environment 146
64-bit environment 148
databases 144
databases in split environment 149
split installation 149
VCM 142
migrating 129
migration
recover collector 151
migration prerequisites 142
minimum requirements
software editions 17
Mozilla Firefox 22
MSI installer for agent install 24
mutual authentication 32
N
NET Framework 41, 72, 112
status 42, 72, 112
network authority account 22
new content architecture 164
non-clustered servers account types 47, 70, 96
non-English Windows platforms 159
O
OpenSSL FIPS 168
OS provisioning
supported platforms 162
OS Provisioning server 36
OS requirements 159
FIPS 166
OS Provisioning 162
software provisioning 163
ospctrl commands
provisioning, operating system 191
overview of installation configurations 18
P
patch assessment
Agent machines 164
new content architecture 164
performance of SQLServer 123
permissions
SQL Server agent service account 47, 70, 96
VCM Remote virtual directory 121
personal certificate store 31
personal system store 32
planning VCM maintenance 156
platform
for Cloud Infrastructure 165
platforms
Linux/UNIX Agent support 135
PLS files for Linux/UNIX patch assessment 164
plug-in files for vSphere Client VCM Plug-in 138
ports
1433 43, 66, 92
split installation requirements 118
PowerShell
collection scripts 162
prepare for installation 19, 118
prerequisites
check for installation 11, 17
installation 18, 21
single-tier installation 37
three-tier installation 88
to migrate VCM 142
two-tier installation 62
prerequisites for migration 142
procedure
single-tier installation 38
three-tier installation 88
two-tier installation 62
processor settings for SQL Server 123
properties
SQL Server 45, 68, 93
provisioning OS
supported platforms 162
provisioning, operating system
certificates, copy 183
confgure 177
configure 178
custom Linux distributions 189
VMware, Inc.
195
Index