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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
virtual environments 97
vSphere Client VCM Plug-in 98
Windows agents 93
upgrading 91
URL for Report Manager 55, 74
URL for Web Service 55, 73
user permissions errors for SSRS 72
V
vCenter Server 97, 126
vCloud Director 97, 126
VCM
component-specific settings 113
database backup 102
database recovery models 115
supports three-tier installations 17
upgrade 92
VCM installation
on virtual machine 25
VCM maintenance plan 117
VCM Remote client
upgrade 94
VCM Security Guide
certificates 29
system prerequisites 19
VCM upgrade and migration 16
virtual environments
data collection 97, 126
upgrade 97
virtual machine VCM installation 25
virtual requirements for Agent Proxy 127
virtualization
Agent Proxy 126
hardware 127
VMware Cloud Infrastructure 126
vShield Manager 97, 126
vSphere Client VCM Plug-in 97
upgrade 98
W
WCF ISAPI extensions 68
WCI uses PowerShell 123
Web service errors for SSRS 72
windir environment variable 23
Windows
FIPS 128
Windows agent
communication settings 114
data file sizing 130
upgrade 93
Windows agent data file sizing 130
Windows boot image
provisioning, operating system 142
Windows directories
provisioning, operating system
import 144
Windows import
provisioning, operating system 145
worksheets for sizing environment 11, 13
X
X.509 RFC standard 29
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Index