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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
Procedure
1. "Install and Configure a Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System" on page 35
To prepare your Windows machine for VCMinstallation, install the Windows Server 2008 R2
operating system on each Windows machine in your installation configuration and verify that the
settings are configured for VCM operation.
2. "Configure IIS" on page 36
To ensure that the Web components are correctly configured, verify that the correct role services are
enabled, the bindings are set correctly, and the default Web site is correct.
3. "Install the .NET Framework" on page 38
To support library and language interoperability, the VCMCollector must have the required versions
of the .NET Framework installed.
4. "Configure the Database Components of the VCM Collector" on page 38
To ensure that the installation creates the VCM databases, you must configure the database
components of the VCM Collector before you install VCM. In a single-tier installation configuration,
the VCM database resides on the VCM Collector. The databases include VCM, VCM_Coll, VCM_Raw,
and VCM_UNIX.
5. "Verify the SQLXML Version" on page 41
SQLXML provides client-side XML functionality and enhancements to existing SQL features. SQLXML
4.0 SP1 is installed with SQL Server 2008 R2. Verify that the correct version is installed.
6. "Configure the Web Components" on page 41
The Web components of the VCM Collector contain Web applications such as IIS and SQL Server
Reporting Services (SSRS), other services, and VCM software components. Before you install VCM,
you must configure the Web components of the VCM Collector.
What to do next
Review the DCOMand port requirements, and use VCM Installation Manager to install the VCM
components. See "Installing VCM" on page 81.
Install and Configure a Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System
To prepare your Windows machine for VCMinstallation, install the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating
system on each Windows machine in your installation configuration and verify that the settings are
configured for VCM operation.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the computer name settings for your Windows machine is a valid DNS machine name with
no underscores. If you attempt to change the machine name after the machine is identified as a
Collector, problems might occur with VCM, SQL Server, and SQL Server Reporting Services.
Single-Tier Server Installation
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