5.6
Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Installation Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Achieving a Successful VCM Installation
- Hardware Requirements for Collector Machines
- Software and Operating System Requirements for Collector Machines
- Preparing for Installation
- System Prerequisites to Install VCM
- Configure Resources to Install VCM on a Virtual Machine
- Secure Communications Certificates
- Single-Tier Server Installation
- Two-Tier Split Installation
- Three-Tier Split Installation
- Configuring a Three-Tier Split Installation Environment
- Installation Prerequisites for All Servers
- Configuring the VCM Database Server
- Configuring the Web Server
- Verify the Server Role Services on the Web Server
- Verify the IIS Server-Side Includes Role Service
- Verify the ISAPI Extensions
- Install the .NET Framework
- Verify the Authentication Settings
- Install SQL Server on the Web Server
- Install SQL Server 2008 Utilities
- Place the Web Server in the Internet Explorer Trusted Zone
- Configuring SSRS on the Web Server
- Configuring the VCM Collector
- Configuring Additional Components for a Three-Tier Environment
- Installing VCM
- Configuring SQL Server for VCM
- Upgrading or Migrating VCM
- Upgrading VCM and Components
- Upgrading Virtual Environments Collections
- Migrating VCM
- Prerequisites to Migrate VCM
- Migrate Only Your Database
- Replace Your Existing 32-Bit Environment with a Supported 64-bit Environment
- Migrate a 32-bit Environment Running VCM 5.3 or Earlier to VCM 5.6
- Migrate a 64-bit Environment Running VCM 5.3 or Earlier to VCM 5.6
- Migrate a Split Installation of VCM 5.3 or Earlier to a Single-Tier, Two-Tier...
- How to Recover Your Collector Machine if the Migration is not Successful
- Maintaining VCM After Installation
- Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines
- VCM Agent Support on Non-English Windows Platforms
- VCM Managed Machine Requirements
- Windows Custom Information Supports PowerShell 2.0
- Supported OS Provisioning Target Systems
- Software Provisioning Requirements
- UNIX and Linux Patch Assessment and Deployment Requirements
- Support for VMware Cloud Infrastructure
- vCenter Operations Manager Integration Features
- FIPS Requirements
- Agent Sizing Information
- Hardware and Software Requirements for the Operating System Provisioning Server
- Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading the OS Provisioning Server and Components
- Index
Migrating VCM
A migration to VCM 5.6 requires you to prepare new hardware and software for your environment,
migrating the databases to the upgraded SQL Server, and moving the VCM files. To prepare your
environment for VCM 5.6, you can choose to migrate only your databases, replace an existing 32-bit
environment, migrate an existing 32-bit or 64-bit environment, or migrate a split installation.
VCM 5.6 supports the following migration paths.
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Migrate from a 32-bit or 64-bit environment that includes VCM, SCM, or ECM.
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Migrate a split installation of VCM to a single-tier, two-tier, or three-tier installation of VCM 5.6.
For a migration, you must update your hardware to 64-bit, update the operating system to the 64-bit
Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system, update to SQL Server 2008 R2, and update SQL Server
Reporting Services. Then you can migrate your existing VCM, SCM, or ECM installation to your new
VCM 5.6 environment.
Prerequisites
Before you migrate any part of your existing VCM environment to VCM 5.6, you must perform the
prerequisites. See "Prerequisites to Migrate VCM" on page 101.
Procedure
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"Migrate Only Your Database " on page 103
Migrate only your VCM database from version 4.11.1 or later.
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"Replace Your Existing 32-Bit Environment with a Supported 64-bit Environment" on page 104
Replace an existing 32-bit environment of VMware VCM, EMC Ionix SCM, or Configureoft ECM.
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"Migrate a 32-bit Environment Running VCM 5.3 or Earlier to VCM 5.6" on page 105
Migrate an existing 32-bit Collector to VCM 5.6. A migration to VCM 5.6 requires you to prepare new
hardware and software for your environment and install the required software components.
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"Migrate a 64-bit Environment Running VCM 5.3 or Earlier to VCM 5.6" on page 107
Migrate an existing 64-bit Collector to VCM 5.6. A migration to VCM 5.6 requires you to prepare new
software for your environment and install the required software components.
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"Migrate a Split Installation of VCM 5.3 or Earlier to a Single-Tier, Two-Tier, or Three-Tier Server
Installation" on page 108
Migrate an existing split installation to a single-tier, two-tier, or three-tier installation configuration for
VCM 5.6.
Prerequisites to Migrate VCM
Before you migrate any part of your existing VCM environment to VCM 5.6, you must perform several
prerequisite steps.
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Review and understand the migration scenarios. See "Upgrading or Migrating VCM" on page 91.
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Verify that your existing VCM installation is functional.
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Verify that your VCM Collector meets all of the hardware and software requirements for a 64-bit
environment. For a complete list of requirements, see the "Software and Operating System
Requirements for Collector Machines" on page 15.
Upgrading or Migrating VCM
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