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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
5. If any of the Role Services are not installed, click Add Role Services, select the check boxes of the
services to install, and click Install.
Configure the IIS 7.5 Settings
IIS settings configure the information required for requests to communicate with a Web site. To support
VCMinteraction with IIS, configure the settings for the IIS 7.5 bindings on the combined VCMCollector
and Web server to ensure that the settings are correct.
Procedure
1. Click Start and select All Programs > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services (IIS)
Manager.
2. Expand <server name>, expand Sites, and click Default Web Site.
3. In the Actions pane, under Manage Web Site and Browse Web Site, click Advanced Settings.
4. Expand Connection Limits and set Connection Time-out (seconds) to 3600.
5. Click OK.
Verify the IIS 7.5 Default Web Site
IIS 7.5 provides a default Web site that defines the default authentication settings for applications and
virtual directories. Verify that the IIS 7.5 default Web site has the correct settings.
Procedure
1. Click Start and select All Programs > Administrative Tools > Internet Information Services (IIS)
Manager.
2. Expand <server name>, expand Sites, and click Default Web Site.
3. In the Default Web Site Home pane, locate the IIS options.
4. Double-click Authentication and set the authentication.
Option Action
Anonymous Authentication Set to Disabled.
ASP.NET Impersonation Set to Disabled.
Basic Authentication Set to Enabled.
Forms Authentication Set to Disabled.
Install and Configure SSRS on the Combined VCM Collector and Web
Server
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a server-based report generation software system that is
administered using a web interface and used to deliver VCM reports.
In a two-tier installation configuration, for the Web server to generate VCM reports, install SQL Server
Reporting Services (SSRS).
Prerequisites
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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.
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