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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
5. If you do not have a SQL Server instance , click Install a New Instance to install an instance on the
current machine, which creates a single-tier configuration.
a. Browse to a copy of SQL Server 2008 R2 or 2012, Standard or Enterprise, and enter the product
license if your edition requires one.
b. If you do not have a copy of SQL Server, make sure that the server is connected to the Internet,
and click Download Evaluation Version. The VCM Installer opens a browser to the Microsoft
Web site.
NOTE Do not run VCM in a production environment when using only an evaluation version of
SQL Server. Evaluation versions are not supported for production.
c. Click OK.
It might take up to 30 minutes to install SQL Server.
What to do next
Add SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) as a prerequisite before starting the VCM installation.
See "Add SQL Server Reporting Services" below.
Connections Between Tiers During Installation
In any split installation, the separate VCM database server and VCM Collector must connect to each other
during the installation. The connections support the following process for configuring the VCM database
server.
1. The VCM Installer validates that the Collector can connect to the SQL instance on the database server,
typically over default port 1433.
2. The VCM Installer opens a temporary network share on the Collector so that the database server can
access database backup files needed for installation.
3. The VCM Installer performs database restore operations to create new VCM databases using VCM 5.6
database backup files from the network share.
4. The VCM Installer configures the new databases to make any customizations that the installing user
specified, such as initial database size or growth percentage.
5. The VCM Installer runs scripts to upgrade the restored databases to VCM 5.7.
If site policies do not allow for network share connections between the two machines, you must manually
perform the database restore operation using the VCM 5.6 database backup files. The backup files are part
of the VCM installation ISO download or media.
Perform the manual database restore operation before clicking Install to install VCM.
Add SQL Server Reporting Services
Add SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) as a prerequisite before starting the VCM installation.
Prerequisites
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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.
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