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vCenter Configuration Manager Administration Guide
Discover vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines 43
Configure vShield Manager Collections 46
Configure ESX Service Console OS Collections 50
Configure the Collector as an Agent Proxy 50
Configure Virtual Machine Hosts 51
Copy Files to the ESX/ESXi Servers 53
Collect ESX Logs Data 55
Virtualization Collection Results 55
Configure the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In 56
Register the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In 56
Configuring the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In Integration Settings 57
Manage Machines from the vSphere Client 58
Troubleshooting the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In Registration 58
Running Compliance for the VMware Cloud Infrastructure 61
Create and Run Virtual Environment Compliance Templates 61
Create Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups 62
Create and Test Virtual Environment Compliance Rules 63
Create and Test Virtual Environment Compliance Filters 64
Preview Virtual Environment Compliance Rule Groups 64
Create Virtual Environment Compliance Templates 65
Run Virtual Environment Compliance Templates 66
Resolve Noncompliant Virtual Environments Template Results 67
Enforce Compliance Template Results Using VCM Actions 67
Manually Enforce Compliance Template Results 68
Create Virtual Environment Compliance Exceptions 68
Configure Alerts and Schedule Virtual Environment Compliance Runs 69
Create Virtual Environment Compliance Alert Rules 70
Create Virtual Environments Compliance Alert Configurations 70
Schedule Virtual Environments Compliance Template Runs 71
Configuring vCenter Operations Manager Integration 73
Configure vCenter Operations Manager Change Events 73
Standards Compliance for vCenter Operations Manager 74
Configure vCenter Operations Manager Standards Compliance 74
Scoring Badges for vCenter Operations Manager Standards Compliance 79
Auditing Security Changes in Your Environment 85
Configuring Windows Machines 87
Configure Windows Machines 87
Verify Available Domains 88
Check the Network Authority 88
Assign Network Authority Accounts 89
Discover Windows Machines 89
License Windows Machines 90
Install the VCM Windows Agent on Your Windows Machines 91
Locate the Enterprise Certificate 92
Manually Install the VCM Windows Agent 93
Manually Uninstall the VCM Windows Agent 97
Collect Windows Data 97
Windows Collection Results 98
Getting Started with Windows Custom Information 99
Prerequisites to Collect Windows Custom Information 100
Using PowerShell Scripts for WCI Collections 101
Windows Custom Information Change Management 111
Collecting Windows Custom Information 112
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