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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Installation Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Preparing to Install VCM
- Common Prerequisites for All VCM Servers
- VCM Installation
- Post-Installation
- Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines
- VCM Agent Support on Non-English Windows Platforms
- VCM Managed Machine Requirements
- Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS Agent Files
- Windows Custom Information Supports PowerShell 2.0
- Supported OS Provisioning Target Systems
- Software Provisioning Requirements
- Linux and UNIX Patch Assessment and Deployment Requirements
- Support for VMware Cloud Infrastructure
- vCenter Operations Manager Integration Features
- FIPS Requirements
- Agent Sizing Information
- Index
Windows machine, the VCM Installer configures it when you start the VCM installation.
7. "Remove the VCM Agent" on page 34.
VCM does not operate correctly when a previous VCM Agent is already installed on the Windows
machine. If an existing VCM Agent is detected, the VCM Installer removes it when you start the VCM
installation.
What to do next
Enter basic and (optional) additional information.
Add the VCM Database Server
Add the VCM database server as a prerequisite before starting the VCM installation.
Prerequisites
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Decide whether to install a single-tier or two-tier configuration. See "VCM Installation Configurations"
on page 8.
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Log in using the VCM administrator domain account.
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Start the VCM Installer, select Typical Installation, and allow the VCM Installer to check for
prerequisites.
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For SQL Server evaluation download, the server must be able to connect to the Internet.
Procedure
1. On the left, click Prerequisites.
2. Under VCM Database Server, from the drop-down menu, select a SQL Server database instance
name. For an instance name to appear in the menu, the SQL Server Browser Service must be enabled
on the database server.
Select the instance based on how many tiers you need.
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Single-tier configuration. The instance resides on the current machine.
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Two-tier configuration. The instance resides on another Windows machine, one that the current
machine can connect to.
3. If you do not see the SQL Server instance name in the list, click the refresh button to find instances that
the VCM Installer can detect.
To be detected, an instance must be SQL Server 2008 R2 or 2012 and have the SQL Server Browser
Service enabled.
4. (Optional) Type an instance name, click Validate to ensure that the current machine can connect to it,
and click OK.
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For a default SQL installation, type the name of the database server machine.
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For a named SQL instance, type the name in server-name\instance-name format.
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For SQL failover clusters, type the virtual name for the SQL cluster.
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