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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
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.
Installation Prerequisites for Both Servers
Perform the 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.
Use the following topics to prepare your database server and the combined VCM Collector and Web
server for VCM installation.
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Install and Configure a Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System. See "Install and Configure a
Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System" on page 45.
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Install the .NETFramework. See "Install the .NET Framework" on page 46.
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Disable the firewall or add an exception for SQLport 1433. See "Disable the Firewall or Add an
Exception for SQL Server Port 1433" on page 47.
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.
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