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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Getting Started with VCM
- Installing and Getting Started with VCM Tools
- Configuring VMware Cloud Infrastructure
- Virtual Environments Configuration
- Configure Virtual Environments Collections
- Configure Managing Agent Machines
- Obtain the SSL Certificate Thumbprint
- Configure vCenter Server Data Collections
- Configure vCenter Server Virtual Machine Collections
- Configure vCloud Director Collections
- Configure vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines Collections
- Configure vShield Manager Collections
- Configure ESX Service Console OS Collections
- Configure the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In
- Running Compliance for the VMware Cloud Infrastructure
- Create and Run Virtual Environment Compliance Templates
- Create Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups
- Create and Test Virtual Environment Compliance Rules
- Create and Test Virtual Environment Compliance Filters
- Preview Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups
- Create Virtual Environment Compliance Templates
- Run Virtual Environment Compliance Templates
- Resolve Noncompliant Virtual Environments Template Results
- Configure Alerts and Schedule Virtual Environment Compliance Runs
- Configuring vCenter Operations Manager Integration
- Auditing Security Changes in Your Environment
- Configuring Windows Machines
- Configure Windows Machines
- Verify Available Domains
- Check the Network Authority
- Assign Network Authority Accounts
- Discover Windows Machines
- License Windows Machines
- Install the VCM Windows Agent on Your Windows Machines
- Collect Windows Data
- Windows Collection Results
- Getting Started with Windows Custom Information
- Prerequisites to Collect Windows Custom Information
- Using PowerShell Scripts for WCI Collections
- Windows Custom Information Change Management
- Collecting Windows Custom Information
- Create Your Own WCI PowerShell Collection Script
- Verify that Your Custom PowerShell Script is Valid
- Install PowerShell
- Collect Windows Custom Information Data
- Run the Script-Based Collection Filter
- View Windows Custom Information Job Status Details
- Windows Custom Information Collection Results
- Run Windows Custom Information Reports
- Troubleshooting Custom PowerShell Scripts
- Configuring Linux and UNIX Machines
- Configuring Mac OS X Machines
- Patching Managed Machines
- VCM Patching for Windows Machines
- VCM Patching for UNIX and Linux Machines
- UNIX and Linux Patch Assessment and Deployment
- Getting Started with VCM Patching
- Getting Started with VCM Patching for Windows Machines
- Check for Updates to Bulletins
- Collect Data from Windows Machines by Using the VCM Patching Filter Sets
- Assess Windows Machines
- Review VCM Patching Windows Assessment Results
- Prerequisites for Patch Deployment
- Default Location for UNIX/Linux Patches
- Location for UNIX/Linux Patches
- Default Location for UNIX/Linux Patches
- vCenter Software Content Repository Tool
- Deploy Patches to Windows Machines
- Getting Started with VCM Patching for UNIX and Linux Machines
- Check for Updates to Bulletins
- Collect Patch Assessment Data from UNIX and Linux Machines
- Explore Assessment Results and Acquire and Store the Patches
- Default Location for UNIX/Linux Patches
- Deploy Patches to UNIX/Linux Machines
- How the Deploy Action Works
- Running VCM Patching Reports
- Customize Your Environment for VCM Patching
- Running and Enforcing Compliance
- Provisioning Physical or Virtual Machine Operating Systems
- Provisioning Software on Managed Machines
- Using Package Studio to Create Software Packages and Publish to Repositories
- Software Repository for Windows
- Package Manager for Windows
- Software Provisioning Component Relationships
- Install the Software Provisioning Components
- Using Package Studio to Create Software Packages and Publish to Repositories
- Using VCM Software Provisioning for Windows
- Related Software Provisioning Actions
- Configuring Active Directory Environments
- Configuring Remote Machines
- Tracking Unmanaged Hardware and Software Asset Data
- Managing Changes with Service Desk Integration
- Index
Procedure
1. Click Administration.
2. Select Job Manager > Scheduled.
3. Click Add.
4. Select Collection and click Next.
5. Type a job name and description and click Next.
For example, vCenter Server Collections.
6. Select Default filter set and click Next.
7. Select your vCenter Server machine group and click Next.
For example, vCenter Server Instances.
8. Configure when the collection job runs and click Next.
For example, every four hours starting today.
9. Resolve any conflicts and click Finish.
The collection job is added to your Scheduled Jobs list.
What to do next
After a scheduled run time, verify that the job ran. The information is available in Job Manager history for
scheduled collections. Select the time and review the general status and success. View the machine detail
status if the collection was not 100% successful.
Configure vCenter Server Virtual Machine Collections
Configure virtual machine collections so that you can identify and manage the guest operating systems on
the vCenter Server virtual machines.
VCM manages virtual machines as guest machines and as Windows, Linux, or UNIX machines. To manage
the virtual machines as guest machines, you collect vCenter Guests data from your vCenter Server. To
manage the virtual machines based on operating system, you license, install the VCM Agent, and collect
data directly from the managed machines.
You can identify the virtual machines in your environment two ways.
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Collect vCenter Guests data from you vCenter Servers and manage the virtual Windows, Linux, or
UNIX machines. See "Collect vCenter Server Virtual Machines Data" on page 35.
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Manually discover Windows Machines or add Linux or UNIX machines. For Windows machines, see
"Discover Windows Machines" on page 89. For Linux or UNIX machines, see "Add UNIX/Linux
Machines" on page 122.
Collect vCenter Server Virtual Machines Data
Identify and license your virtual machines that are identified based on collected vCenter Guests data.
Prerequisites
Manage your vCenter Servers in VCM. See "Configure vCenter Server Data Collections" on page 30.
Configuring VMware Cloud Infrastructure
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