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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
Index
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32-bit environment migrations 101
A
administrator rights 20
agent 23
communication settings 114
disk sizing 130
EXE installer 31
folder 23
hardware 121
software provisioning 124
MSI installer 31
non-English Windows platforms 121
OS platform support 9
patch assessment 125
platforms supported 94
software
software provisioning 124
UNIX/Linux upgrade 95-96
upgrade for UNIX/Linux 94
upgrading 93
agent certificates 30
agent installed status 23
agent machines for new content architecture 125
Agent Proxy
FIPS 130
hardware requirements 127
OS requirements 127
virtualization 126
agent proxy machine upgrade 98-99
agent proxy machine upgrade manually 100
application services account 22
architecture, new patch assessment content 125
ASP Role Service 76
ASP.NET Client System Web version 62, 76
ASP.NET Role Service 62, 76
attributes for certificates 29
authenticate server to client 29
autogrowth for database 115
avoid loss of data
back up certificates 103
back up databases 102
back up files 103
B
back up
certificates 103
databases 102
files and reports 103
back up key to encrypted file 72
backup and disaster recovery plan 119
basicimport
provisioning, operating system 148
best practices guides 13
Index
VMware, Inc.
153
boot image, Windows
provisioning, operating system 142
browser compatibility 21
C
certificates 29
back up 103
collector 30
enterprise 30
Installation Manager generated 29
certificates for agents 30
certificates, copy
provisioning, operating system 143
channel throughput with SQLIO 89
Cloud Infrastructure 126
collect virtual environment data 126
collection scripts use PowerShell 123
collector
certificates 30
configure components 44, 56, 60, 75
disk space requirements 11
hardware 11
OS platform support 9
software 15
upgrade 92
collector services account 22
communication certificates 29
communication settings for agents 113
compatibility of browser 21
component-specific settings 113
Component Services DCOM Config console 22
component settings 113
configurations
database file growth 115
configure
agent communication settings 113
collector components 44, 56, 60, 75
CPU for VCM on virtual machine 26
database file growth 115
database recovery settings 116
disk for VCM on virtual machine 26
IIS 36
memory for VCM on virtual machine 27
provisioning, operating system 137-138
SQL Server 85
SQL Server processor settings 86
SSRS 54
SSRS, two-tier 52
Web components 35, 41, 60, 66
Web Service URL 55, 73
content architecture for patch assessment 125
CPU requirements
VCM on virtual machine 26