5.3

Configuring the EcmAgtStartup Identity
1. On the Collector, select Administrative Tools | Component Services. The Component Services
window appears.
2. Expand Component Services | Computers | My Computer | DCOMConfig.
3. Right-click EcmAgtStartup, and then select Properties. The EcmAgtStartup Properties dialog box
appears.
4. Click the Identity tab.
5. Select This user, and then type or select the user with the VCM Admin privileges required for vCenter
Server collections.
6. Type the assigned password in the Password and Confirm password text boxes.
7. Click OK, and then close the Component Services window.
Configuring the Remote Commands PowerShell Credentials
In order to collect from a vSphere vCenter 4 instance you must set credentials. You will need to set the
credentials that allow VCM to connect to vCenter Server as well as to the individual, licensed ESX hosts
managed by the vCenter Server instance.
If passwords change in the future, simply run the script again, replacing the contents of the existing file.
1. If you are logged on locally as the EcmAgtStartup user, you can go directly to opening the command
prompt. Select Start | Run, and then type cmd.exe. Otherwise, perform the following steps:
a. If you are not logged on locally to the Collector machine as the EcmAgtStartup user, right-click
C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe and select Run As. The Run As dialog box appears.
b. Clear the Run this program with restricted access check box.
c. Select The following user and configure the User name and Password to use the same user as
EcmAgtStartup.
d. Double-click cmd.exe to open the command prompt.
2. In the command prompt, type the following:
cd "C:\Program Files\VMware\VCM\WebConsole\L1033\Files\Remote_Command_Files"
powershell.exe
.\Save_MachinePSCredential.ps1
where C:\Program Files\VMware is replaced with your local path if it differs.
3. Press Enter.
4. The prompt displays the following:
You must be running PowerShell as the user configured for the EcmAgentStartup DCOM object.
Would you like to continue? [Y] or [N]
5. Type Y, and then press Enter.
6. Update the following as requested:
n
Machine name: Type the name of the vCenter Server machine from which you are collecting.
n
UserName: Type the user name used to connect to this machine. This is also the machine name
used in the Remote Commands script.
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