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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
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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