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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
Contents
Use SQLIO to Determine IO Channel Throughput 89
Upgrading or Migrating VCM 91
Upgrading VCM and Components 91
Upgrade VCM 92
Upgrade Existing Windows Agents 93
Upgrade Existing VCM Remote Clients 93
Red Hat Server and Workstation Licensing 94
Upgrade Existing UNIX Agents 94
Upgrading Virtual Environments Collections 97
Upgrade the Managing Agent 97
Upgrading the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In 97
Upgrading Agent Proxy Machines 98
Migrating VCM 101
Prerequisites to Migrate VCM 101
Migrate Only Your Database 103
Replace Your Existing 32-Bit Environment with a Supported 64-bit Environment 104
Migrate a 32-bit Environment Running VCM 5.3 or Earlier to VCM 5.6 105
Migrate a 64-bit Environment Running VCM 5.3 or Earlier to VCM 5.6 107
Migrate a Split Installation of VCM 5.3 or Earlier to a Single-Tier, Two-Tier, or Three-Tier
Server Installation 108
How to Recover Your Collector Machine if the Migration is not Successful 111
Maintaining VCM After Installation 113
Customize VCM and Component-Specific Settings 113
Configure Database File Growth 115
Database Recovery Models 115
Configure Database Recovery Settings 116
Create a Maintenance Plan for SQL Server 2008 R2 117
Incorporate the VCM Database into Your Backup and Disaster Recovery Plans 119
Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines 121
VCM Agent Support on Non-English Windows Platforms 121
VCM Managed Machine Requirements 121
Windows Custom Information Supports PowerShell 2.0 123
Supported OS Provisioning Target Systems 124
Software Provisioning Requirements 124
UNIX and Linux Patch Assessment and Deployment Requirements 125
Support for VMware Cloud Infrastructure 126
Cloud and Virtualization Infrastructure Platforms 126
Managing Agent Requirements 126
Agent Proxy Requirements for VMware ESX and ESXi 126
vCenter Operations Manager Integration Features 128
FIPS Requirements 128
FIPS for Windows 128
FIPS for VCM Agent Proxies 130
Agent Sizing Information 130
Windows Machines 130
UNIX and Linux Machines 132
Mac OS X Machines 132
Hardware and Software Requirements for the Operating System Provisioning Server 133
Supported OS Provisioning Server Platform 133
OS Provisioning Server System Requirements 133
OS Provisioning Server Software Requirements 134
Required Packages 134
Disallowed Packages 134
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