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Table Of Contents
- Copyright
- About This Book
- Preparing for Installation
- Installing VCM Using Installation Manager
- Upgrading VCM and Related Components
- Getting Started with VCM Components and Tools
- Getting Started with VCM
- Discover, License, and Install Windows Machines
- Verifying Available Domains
- Checking the Network Authority
- Assigning Network Authority Accounts
- Discovering Windows Machines
- Licensing Windows Machines
- Installing the VCM Windows Agent on your Windows Machines
- Performing an Initial Collection
- Exploring Windows Collection Results
- Getting Started Collecting Windows Custom Information
- Discover, License, and Install UNIX/Linux Machines
- Discover, License, and Install Mac OS X Machines
- Discover, License, and Collect Oracle Data from UNIX Machines
- Customize VCM for your Environment
- How to Set Up and Use VCM Auditing
- Discover, License, and Install Windows Machines
- Getting Started with VCM for Virtualization
- Virtual Environment Configuration
- ESX 2.5/3.x,vSphere 4, and ESXi Servers Collections
- vCenter Server Collections
- Configuring Agent Proxy Virtualization Collections
- Configuring Agent Proxy Machines
- Configuring ESX/vSphere Servers
- Configuring Web Services for ESX/vSphere Server Communication
- Performing an Initial Virtualization Collection
- Exploring Virtualization Collection Results
- Configuring vCenter Server Data Collections
- About the vSphere Client VCM Plug-in
- Further Reading
- Getting Started with VCM Remote
- Getting Started with VCM Patching
- Getting Started with Software Provisioning
- VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Package Studio
- Software Repository for Windows
- Package Manager for Windows
- Overview of Component Relationships
- Installing 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
- Further Reading
- Getting Started with VCM Management Extensions for Assets
- Getting Started with VCM Service Desk Integration
- Getting Started with VCM for Active Directory
- Getting Started with VCM for SMS
- Getting Started with Windows Server Update Services
- Accessing Additional Compliance Content
- Installing and Getting Started with VCM Tools
- Maintaining VCM After Installation
- Troubleshooting Problems with VCM
- Configuring a Collector as an Agent Proxy
- Index
change detection
WCI 74
check
for UNIX/Linux updates 169
for Windows updates 159
CMAgentInstall.exe
for Windows 63
uninstalling agent 64
collect
package managers 187
repositories 187
collection results
AD 223
Oracle 114
Remote 157
SMS 229
UNIX/Linux 91
virtualization 135
WSUS 237
collection scripts
custom for WCI 77
collection user account
creating, Config User Action 110
creating, remote command 111
Oracle 110
collections
active directory 220
AD 216
exploring, Windows 68
Mac OS X 103
Oracle 114
patching 160
Remote 157
results, Mac OS X 106
SMS Client 229
SMS Server 228
troubleshooting vCenter Server 142
UNIX/Linux 90
vCenter Server data 137, 141-142
virtualization 134
WCI 73
Windows machines 67
WSUS, client 236
WSUS, server 236
collector
aware of Remote client 156
certificates 15
importing content 239
install before agents 83, 97
lock request 63
collector services
account 14
compliance
checking Windows 71
checking, UNIX/Linux 91
content, accessing 239
imported content 239
Mac OS X 106
rule
remediation
software provisioning 191
software provisioning 190
components
getting started 47
configurations
AD 216
assets 195
collector as agent proxy 265
database file growth 249
installation 12
modifying hardware, assets 196
modifying software, assets 198
updating Web.config 261
Web Services for ESX/vSphere 128
configuring
popup blocker 48
vSphere Client Plug-in 144
content for compliance 239
importing to collector 239
location 239
wizard 243
copying
files to ESX/vSphere servers 124
creating
Oracle collection user account 110-111
csi.config file 85, 88, 98, 101
CSI_AGENT_RUN_OPTION 88
CSI_COMM_Proxy_SVC
agent proxy 122
csiprep.config
ESX servers 124
csiprep.py 125
ESX servers 124
custom filter sets
for Remote 156
customization
component settings 247
for your environment 115
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database
backup/disaster recovery plan 258
recovery settings 250
deploying
AD agent 213
AD to domain controllers 216
patches, UNIX/Linux 175
patches, Windows machines 165
deployment tool
virtualization 120
determine forest action
running for AD 218
developing
custom collection scripts 77
dialup 147
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