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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
What to do next
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Configure the SQL Server settings to tune your VCM database in SQL Server Management Studio,
including the VCM database file growth and database recovery. See "Maintaining VCM After
Installation" on page 113.
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Log in to VCM.
Migrate a 64-bit Environment Running VCM 5.3 or Earlier to VCM 5.6
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.
Use this method as part of the VCM 5.6 installation process to replace the VCM hardware, change the
operating system version, or install a new operating system. You install a new environment, copy the
VCM databases and other components, and then install VCM 5.6. During the installation, you select the
existing VCM database.
CAUTION Before you begin the migration, to avoid any potential loss of data you must perform the
prerequisite steps to back up your files, including the VCM databases, the CMFILES$ share, any files
used to customize the VCM Collector, reports that are exported to a non-default location, and your
certificates.
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 prerequisite steps to migrate your VCM environment to VCM 5.6. See "Prerequisites to
Migrate VCM" on page 101.
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Understand how to detach and attach a SQL server database in SQL Server Management Studio. See the
online Microsoft MSDN Library.
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Understand how to use the sp_changedbowner stored procedure. See SQL Server 2008 R2 Books
Online in the online Microsoft MSDN Library.
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Determine if your 64-bit Collector machine is configured for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
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Use the SQL Migration Helper Tool to create a script for scheduled jobs on your existing 64-bit
Collector. You can then import the scheduled jobs into your new 64-bit Collector.
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Use the SQL Migration Helper Tool to create a script that contains your existing login and role
membership information on your existing 64-bit Collector. You can then import your logins and roles
into your new 64-bit Collector.
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Locate the VCM 5.6 installation package on the Download VMware vCenter Configuration Manager
Web site or obtain the VCM 5.6 CD.
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Ensure that your environment is functional before you migrate VCM 5.3 or earlier to VCM 5.6.
Procedure
1. On your 64-bit VCM Collector Windows machine, install Windows Server 2008 R2.
2. Install SQL Server 2008 R2 on your 64-bit VCM Collector.
3. Stop the VCM Collector service and the VCM Patch Management service.
4. On your existing 64-bit VCM Collector, use SQL Server Management Studio Object Explorer to detach
the VCM databases.
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