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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
Configuring a Two-Tier Split Installation Environment
In a two-tier installation environment, you configure the database server first, then configure the
combined VCM Collector and Web server before you install VCM. All machines are physical or virtual
Windows machines.
Your VCM database server and combined Web and VCM Collector server need the following
components.
Database Server Components Combined Web and VCM Collector Server Components
VCM Database Components SSRS 2008 for VCM Reports
VMware VCM Package Manager for Windows VCM Web Console
SSRS 2008 for VCM Reports (Optional if you install
it on the combined Web and VCM Collector)
VCM Collector Components
(Optional) Other Tools (Optional) SSRS 2008 for VCM Reports
Import/Export Utility
Foundation Checker
VMware VCM Package Manager for Windows
VMware VCM Package Studio
Prerequisites
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Connect the database server machine to the domain.
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Connect the combined VCM Collector and Web server machine to the domain.
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Obtain the SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise or Standard edition installation disk or verify access to a file
share where the installer resides.
Procedure
1. "Installation Prerequisites for Both Servers" on page 45
Perform the prerequisite steps 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.
2. "Configuring the VCM Database Server" on page 47
To ensure that the installation creates the VCM databases, you must configure the VCM database
server before you install VCM. In a two-tier split installation configuration, the VCM database server
resides on a dedicated machine. The databases include VCM, VCM_Coll, VCM_Raw, and VCM_UNIX.
3. "Configure the Combined VCM Collector and Web Server" on page 50
In a two-tier split installation configuration, the VCM Collector and the Web server components reside
together on a dedicated Windows Server 2008 R2 machine, and the VCM database server resides on a
separate Windows Server 2008 R2 machine.
4. "Configure the VCM Collector Components" on page 56
The combined VCM Collector and Web server contains the VCM software application, VCM services,
and the OS Provisioning Server. To prepare the VCM Collector components of the combined VCM
Collector and Web server for VCM installation, configure the required utilities.
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