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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 Three-Tier Split Installation Environment
In a three-tier installation environment, you configure the database server first, configure the Web server
next, then configure the VCM Collector. All machines are physical or virtual Windows machines.
Prerequisites
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Connect the database server machine, Web server machine, and VCM Collector 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 All Servers" on page 60
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.
2. "Configuring the VCM Database Server" on page 62
To ensure that the installation creates the VCM databases, you must configure the VCM database
server before you install VCM. In a three-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. "Configuring the Web Server" on page 66
The Web server contains Web applications such as IIS and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), other
services, and VCM software components. Before you install VCM, you must configure the Web
server.
4. "Configuring the VCM Collector" on page 75
The VCM Collector contains the VCM software application, VCM services, and the OS Provisioning
Server. To prepare the VCM Collector for VCM installation, configure the required utilities.
What to do next
Review the DCOMī ±and port requirements, and use VCM Installation Manager to install the VCM
components. See "Installing VCM" on page 81.
Installation Prerequisites for All Servers
Perform the prerequisite steps to prepare your physical or virtual machines 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, Web server, and VCM Collector for VCM
installation.
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Obtain the Windows Server 2008 R2 installation disk or verify access to a file share where the installer
resides.
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Install and Configure the Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System. See "Install and Configure a
Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System" on page 61.
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