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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
Procedure
1. On the Web server, in the Control Panel click System and Security.
2. Click System.
3. Click Change settings.
4. Select the Advanced tab.
5. Click Environment Variables.
6. In the User variables area, click New.
7. Type a name for the environment variable and enter the following value:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn
8. Click OK to close the New User Variable dialog box.
9. Click OK and OK to close the Environment Variables and System Properties dialog boxes.
Using VCM Remote
If you will use VCM Remote in your three-tier split installation, you must manually export the VCM
Collector certificate from the VCM Collector and install it on the Web server so that SSRS can authenticate
communication with the remote machines.
To export the VCM Collector certificate from the VCM Collector and install it on the Web server, you
must perform several tasks. You typically only need to perform these tasks once.
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Export the Collector Certificate from the VCM Collector.
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Import the Collector Certificate to the Web server.
Export the Collector Certificate from the VCM Collector
When you use VCM Remote in your three-tier split installation, you must export the VCM Collector
certificate from the VCM Collector machine so that you can import it to the Web server machine.
Prerequisites
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Configure the database server, the Web server, and VCM Collector for your three-tier split installation.
See "Three-Tier Split Installation" on page 59.
Procedure
1. On the VCM Collector, click Start > Run, type mmc, and click OK to open the Microsoft Management
Console.
a. Select File > Add/Remove Snap-In.
b. Select Certificates and click Add.
c. Select Computer Account and click Next.
d. In the Select Computer dialog box, select Local Computer and click Finish.
e. Click OK to add the snap-in to Microsoft Management Console.
2. In the navigation pane, click Certificates > Personal > Certificates.
This directory contains the VMware VCMCollector Certificate.
3. In the center pane, right-click the VCM certificate with the PFX extension and select All Tasks >
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