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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
maintain VCM installation 113
maintenance
backup and disaster recovery plan 119
configure database file growth 115
customize settings 113
database recovery settings 116
maintenance plan for SQL Server 117
managed machines 11, 121
requirements 121
Managing Agent 126
requirements 126
manual upgrade of agent proxy machine 100
memory requirements
VCM on virtual machine 27
Microsoft CryptoAPI 128
migrate
32-bit environment 105
64-bit environment 107
databases 104
databases in split environment 109
split installation 109
VCM 16, 101
migrating 91
migration
recover collector 111
migration prerequisites 101
Mozilla Firefox 21
MSI installer for agent install 23
mutual authentication 30
N
NET Framework 38, 46, 68, 75
status 62, 76
network authority account 21
new content architecture 125
non-English Windows platforms 121
O
OpenSSL FIPS 130
operating system requirements 121
FIPS 128
OS Provisioning 124
Software Provisioning 124
ospctrl commands
provisioning, operating system 152
overview of installation configurations 15
P
patch assessment
agent machines 125
new content architecture 125
performance of SQLServer 85
personal certificate store 29
personal system store 30
physical requirements for Agent Proxy 127
planning VCM maintenance 117
platforms
for Cloud Infrastructure 126
UNIX/Linux agent support 94
PLS files for UNIX/Linux patch assessment 125
plug-in files for vSphere Client VCM Plug-in 97
ports
split installation requirements 82
PowerShell for collection scripts 123
prepare for installation 17
prerequisites
check for installation 11, 15
installation 15, 19, 45, 60
single-tier installation 34
three-tier installation 60
to migrate VCM 101
two-tier installation 44
prerequisites for migration 101
procedure
single-tier installation 35
three-tier installation 60
two-tier installation 44
processor settings for SQL Server 86
properties
SQL Server 65
provisioning, operating system
certificates, copy 143
confgure 137
configure 138
custom Linux distributions 149
DHCP 140-141
distributions importing 144
firewall 135
import
Windows 145
import Linux/ESX 147
import, create Windows directories 144
importing
basicimport 148
install 137-138
logs 151
network 134
ospctrl commands 152
requirements 133
server platform 133
server requirements 133
software 134
supported platforms 124
system requirements 133
TFTP 142
uninstall 139
upgrade 149
Windows boot image 142
public key infrastructure 29
R
RAID levels for SQL Server 86
recover collector 111
recovery models for database 115
recovery plan 119
recovery settings
configure 116
register
vSphere Client VCM Plug-in 98
remote package
UNIX/Linux agent upgrade 96
replace 32-bit environment 104
Report Manager URL confirmation 55, 74
reports generation 52, 54, 72
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Index