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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
The Windows machine that hosts the Web components must be running Internet Information Services
(IIS) 7.5. IIS is installed when you install Windows Server 2008 R2.
Verify the IIS 7.5 Role Services are Enabled
Verify that the correct IIS 7.5 Role Services are enabled on the combined VCM Collector and Web server .
Procedure
1. On the Collector, click Start and select All Programs > Administrative Tools > Server Manager.
2. Expand Roles and click Web Server (IIS).
3. If the Web Server (IIS) role does not appear in the list of Roles, scroll to Role Services, click Add Role
Services and add the Web Server (IIS) Role.
When you installed IIS, the ASP Role Service, ASP.NET Role Service, and IIS ServerSideIncludes Role
Service were installed.
4. In the Web Server (IIS) pane, scroll to Role Services and verify that the status is set to Installed for the
following Role Services.
Role Service Category Role Service
Common HTTP Features Static Content
Default Document
Directory Browsing
HTTPErrors
HTTPRedirection
Application Development ASP.NET
.NET Extensibility
ASP
ISAPIExtensions
ISAPI Filters
Server Side Includes
Health and Diagnostics HTTP Logging
Request Monitor
Security Basic Authentication
Windows Authentication
Digest Authentication
URL Authorization
Request Filtering
IP and Domain Restrictions
Performance Static Content Compression
Dynamic Content Compression
Management Tools IISManagement Console
IIS Management Scripts and Tools
Management Service
Two-Tier Split Installation
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