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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
Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading the
OS Provisioning Server and Components
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Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading the
OS Provisioning Server and Components
The Operating System (OS) Provisioning Server is a repository of imported OS distributions. It manages
the installation of the distributions on target machines. The installation of the distributions is part of the OS
provisioning function in VCM, which identifies machines that can be provisioned and initiates the OS
provisioning on the target machines.
You install and configure the OS Provisioning Server on one or more Red Hat servers. After configuring
the servers, you import the operating system ISO files. The database manages the metadata about the OS
distributions and the ISO files are saved in the OS Provisioning Server repository. After you import the
distributions, the server performs the installation process, which is managed in VCM. For provisioning
machines instructions about Getting Started with Operating System Provisioning, see the VCM
Administration Guide.
Upgrade your OS Provisioning Server from version 5.4.1 to version 5.5. Your repository database is
preserved, but you must create a new Windows Boot Image. See "Upgrade the OS Provisioning Server to
5.5" on page 149.
When the OS Provisioning Server is installed and configured, consult the VCM Backup and Disaster Recovery
Guide and create a backup plan for your server and files.
Restricted Network Environment
To maintain security during the OS provisioning process, install and run your OS Provisioning Server in a
private or restricted network. When you provision target machines, you connect the machines to this
private network. See VCM Security Guide.
Install and Configure the OS Provisioning Server
You install the OS Provisioning Server and configure the components used to manage your operating
system distributions. After you configure the components, you import the distributions and use VCM to
install them on target machines.
Prerequisites
Ensure that your target OS Provisioning Server meets all the hardware and software requirements. See
the VCM Installation Guide.
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