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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
Cryptographic DSS Enhanced Modules 129
Cryptographic RSA Enhanced Modules 129
Cryptographic Service Providers 128
customize VCM 113
D
dashboard errors in SSRS 72
data collections in virtual environments 97
data file sizing
Mac OS X machines 132
UNIX and Linux machines 132
Windows machines 130
database
back up 102
backup and disaster recovery plan 119
file growth 115
history cleanup 118
index rebuild setting 118
integrity check 117
recovery models 115
recovery settings 116
settings for SQL Server 85
SQL Server 54, 73
update statistics 118
default network authority account 21
DHCP
provisioning, operating system 140-141
disaster recovery plan 119
disk configuration requirements 13
disk interface and drive performance 88
disk IO for SQL Server 86
disk sizing for agent machines 130
disk space requirements
collector 11
VCM on virtual machine 26
DSS Enhanced Validated Modules 129
E
encryption keys 55, 73
Enhanced Key Usage extensions 29
enterprise certificates 30
environment size 11, 15
environment variable 23
establish
administration rights 20
TLS connection 30
ESX Service Console OS 126
evaluation version of SQL Server 15, 39, 48, 63, 69
F
Federal Information Processing Standards 128
file growth for database 115
file size for agents
Mac OS X 132
UNIX/Linux 132
Windows 130
FIPS 128
Agent Proxy 130
Windows hardware 128
Firefox 21
firewall
OS Provisioning server 135
Foundation Checker 19
G
guides for best practices 13
H
hardware
agent 121
collector 11
managed machines 121
software provisioning 124
virtualization 127
history cleanup for database 118
hyperthreading 86
I
IIS
64-bit 59
configuring 36, 50
ISAPI Extensions 68
impact of environment sizing 15
import distributions
provisioning, operating system 144
Windows directories 144
import Windows
provisioning, operating system 145
importing
provisioning, operating system
basicimport 148
index rebuild setting for database 118
install
provisioning, operating system 137-138
SSRS 52
install VCM on virtual machine 25
installation
check prerequisites 11, 15
configurations 15, 17
maintenance 113
preparing 17
prerequisites 11, 15
requirements 9
integrity check for database 117
Internet Explorer 21
IO channel throughput 89
ISAPI Extensions 68
K
key backup for SSRS 72
keys
SQL Server Reporting Service (SSRS) 72
L
language packs for Windows machines 121
licensing
servers, workstations 94
Linux, custom distribution
provisioning, operating system 149
Linux/ESX
provisioning, operating system
import 147
local administration rights 20
local package
UNIX/Linux agent upgrade 95
logs
provisioning, operating system 151
M
Mac OS X agent
data file sizing 132
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