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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
What to do next
Configure the VCM Collector components of the combined VCM Collector and Web server before you
install VCM. See "Configure the VCM Collector Components" on page 85.
Configure the VCM Collector Components
The combined VCM Collector and Web server contains the VCM software application, VCM services, and
the OS Provisioning Server. To prepare the VCM Collector components of the combined VCM Collector
and Web server for VCM installation, configure the required utilities.
In your two-tier split installation configuration, configure the Web server and VCM Collector components
on the same machine.
NOTE This procedure is required only if you did not install the complete set of Management Tools and
support components earlier.
Prerequisites
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Perform the prerequisite tasks for your two-tier split installation configuration. See "Two-Tier Split
Installation" on page 61.
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From the VCM Collector, verify that you can access the Microsoft Download Center, Microsoft SQL
Server Feature Pack to download SQLXML 4.0 SP1 in the following procedure. See the online Microsoft
Download Center.
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Verify that you can access the Microsoft Download Center, Microsoft SQL Server Feature Pack to
download and install the Native Client (sqlncli.msi) in the following procedure. See the online
Microsoft Download Center. The SQL Command Line Tools in the SQLServer Feature Pack are
required on the combined VCM Collector and Web server.
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Install .NET Framework 3.5.1 on the Windows Server 2008 R2 machines where Package Studio will be
installed.
Procedure
1. Download and install SQLXML 4.0 SP1, x64 Package.
2. Download and install SQL Server Command Line Utilities, which includes the SQLCMD utility, x64
Package (SqlCmdLnUtils.msi).
The SQL Command Line Tools in the SQLServer 2008 R2 Feature Pack are required on the combined
VCM Collector and Web server.
3. Download and install the SQL Server Native Client, x64 Package (sqlncli.msi).
The Native Client from the SQL Server Feature Pack is required on the combined VCM Collector and
Web server.
4. Reboot the combined VCM Collector and Web server.
What to do next
Review the DCOMand port requirements, and use VCM Installation Manager to install the VCM
components. See "Installing VCM" on page 117.
Two-Tier Split Installation
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