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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
Option Description
The connection string depends on the type and level at which NAT mapping is
configured.
n
None (use DNS): The Collector resolves the IP address to the virtual machine
based on the configured name resolution mechanisms. For example, DNS or
Hosts.
n
Internal IP: The IP address that the virtual machine has in the vApp.
n
vApp External IP: The IP address external to the vApp addresses of the virtual
machines that are configured with NAT at the vApp level.
n
Org External IP: The IP address external to the organization addresses of the
virtual machines that are configured with NAT at the organization level or at
the organization and vApp level. If NATis implemented at the vApp and
organization level, select this option.
Cloud
Name
Filter
To run the query against all system resources in a vCloud Director instance, type
the name of the vCloud Director instance.
SQL wildcard expressions are allowed.
Discovers all virtual machines managed by the vCloud Director instance.
Org Name
Filter
To run the query against an organization in a vCloud Director instance, type the
name of the organization.
SQL wildcard expressions are allowed.
Discovers all virtual machines in the organization.
vDC Name
Filter
To run the query against a virtual datacenter in a vCloud Director instance, type
the name of the virtual datacenter.
SQL wildcard expressions are allowed.
Discovers all virtual machines in the virtual datacenter.
vApp
Name
Filter
To run the query against a vApp, type the name of the vApp.
SQL wildcard expressions are allowed.
Discovers all virtual machines in the vApp.
VM Name
Filter
To run the query to add a specific virtual machine, type the name of the machine.
SQL wildcard expressions are allowed.
Discovers the virtual machine.
Network
Name
Filter
To run the query against resources on a particular network, type the name of the
network.
SQL wildcard expressions are allowed.
Discovers all virtual machines on the network.
IP Address
Filter
To run the query to add virtual machines with a particular IP address, type the
address.
SQL wildcard expressions are allowed.
Discovers all virtual machines with that IPaddress.
Include Select Yes to include the properties of this discovery rule to update the connection
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