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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
Prerequisites
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Understand the scenarios to migrate your VCM environment to VCM 5.6. See "Upgrading or Migrating
VCM" on page 91.
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Understand the prerequisites to migrate your VCM environment to VCM 5.6. See "Prerequisites to
Migrate VCM" on page 101.
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Understand how to attach a SQL server database in SQL Server Management Studio. See the Microsoft
MSDN Library.
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Install SQL Server 2008 R2 on the Windows machine that will host the VCM database.
Procedure
1. Move the VCM database to a prepared machine that has 64-bit SQL Server 2008 R2 installed.
2. On the prepared machine, start SQLServer Management Studio.
3. Attach the database to SQL Server 2008 R2.
4. Confirm that the sa account or the VCM service account is the owner of the newly attached database.
What to do next
Install VCM 5.6. See "Use Installation Managerto Install VCM" on page 82.
Replace Your Existing 32-Bit Environment with a Supported 64-bit
Environment
Replace an existing 32-bit environment of VMware VCM, EMC Ionix SCM, or Configureoft ECM.
Previous versions of VMware VCM, EMC Ionix SCM, and Configureoft ECM support older versions of
SQL Server. Your 32-bit environment must include specific software components before you replace your
32-bit environment and upgrade to VCM 5.6.
Prerequisites
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Understand the scenarios to migrate your VCM environment to VCM 5.6. See "Upgrading or Migrating
VCM" on page 91
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Perform the prerequisites to migrate your VCM environment to VCM 5.6. See "Prerequisites to
Migrate VCM" on page 101.
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Ensure that your environment is functional before you replace it and upgrade to VCM 5.6.
Procedure
1. Verify that your existing 32-bit installation of VCM is version 4.11.1 or later.
2. If your existing 32-bit installation is not VCM 4.11.1 or later, use the appropriate installation packages
and documentation to upgrade your existing installation to version 4.11.1 or later.
3. Verify that your 32-bit environment includes the following software components.
If these software components are not installed, install them in the order listed.
a. SQL Server 2005
b. SQL Server Reporting Services, 32-bit version
c. SQL Server 2005 SP3
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