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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
System Prerequisites to Install VCM
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System Prerequisites to Install VCM
Perform the system prerequisites to prepare your physical or virtual machine for VCM installation. The
prerequisites ensure that your machine meets the requirements for your environment to support a
successful VCM installation.
After you perform the system prerequisites, during VCM installation the Installation Manager runs
system checks on the database server, Web server, and VCM Collector machine in your installation
configuration. These system checks verify that you have satisfied all of the prerequisites for a successful
VCM installation. During the system checks, Foundation Checker verifies component-specific issues
against VCM, captures common issues, and identifies any problems with the version of VCM being
installed.
Foundation Checker might generate warnings, which you must review. In some cases, you might need to
resolve the warnings before you install VCM, even though the warnings will not prevent you from
starting the installation.
If Foundation Checker generates errors, you must resolve them before you install VCM. For more
information about Foundation Checker, see the VCM Foundation Checker User's Guide.
Use the following topics to verify your system requirements.
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Verify that your environment meets the security requirements. See the VCM Security Guide.
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"Establish Local Administration Rights" on page 20
Verify that the user account of the person who performs the VCM installation, upgrade, or migration
has all of the required rights.
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"Verify Browser Compatibility" on page 21
Verify that the target VCM Collector machine, and any other machines that will access the VCM Web
console interface on the VCM Collector, have a compatible Web browser installed.
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"Verify the Default Network Authority Account" on page 21
Define the network authority account in the Local Administrators group on the Collector machine
before you install VCM. The network authority account must be a domain account. VCM uses the
default network authority account to collect data from Windows Agent machines.
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"Specify the Collector Services Account" on page 22
Specify the Collector Service account to use during VCM installation. The account can be a system
administrator account and must exist in the Local Administrators group on the Collector machine. The
account must not be the Local System account.
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