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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
Procedure
1. In VCM, select Administration.
2. Click Settings and review the available general and product-specific configuration settings to
customize for your environment.
3. Click Windows and configure the settings to communicate with the VCM Windows Agent for your
collection types.
Option Description
Agent - General Configures the general characteristics of the WindowsAgent operation.
Agent - Thread Priority Configures priorities for collections while running on managed machines.
Data Retention Configures the time to retain each VCM data type in the database.
Custom Information Displays the Windows Custom Information script and output types.
4. Click UNIX and configure the settings to communicate with the VCM UNIXAgent for your collection
types.
Option Description
Agent - General Configures the general characteristics of the UNIXAgent operation.
Agent - RunAsSuid Configures data types as RunAsSuid for selected operating systems during
Agent operation.
Agent - Nice Configures the Nice settings for each data type during Agent operation.
Data Retention Configures the time to retain each VCM data type in the database.
Custom Information Types Adds custom data types and directives to collect data and parse text files.
Restricted Path Configures restricted paths for editing file properties.
5. For the VCMfunctional areas and the network authority, review and update the component-specific
settings for your environment.
Option Description
Asset Extensions Configures the hardware device and software configuration item settings.
Integrated Products Configures settings for the VMware and EMC products that integrate with VCM.
OS Provisioning Enables OS provisioning and configures the server connection timeout and user
account.
ScriptedRemediation
Framework
Sets values for administrative parameters used in remediation scripts.
VCM for Active Directory Configures the data retention settings for AD objects and the ADdisplay
settings.
VCM for Virtualization Configures the data retention settings for vCenter Server, virtual machine hosts
and guests, and the virtual machine logs.
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