Installation guide

Prerequisites
n Unregister the previous version of the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In. See "Unregister the Previous
Version of the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In" on the previous page.
n Locate the procedure to upgrade VCM. See "Upgrading VCM and Components" on page127.
Procedure
1. Upgrade VCM.
What to do next
Register the new vSphere Client VCM Plug-In. See the VCM Administration Guide.
Upgrading Agent Proxy Machines
When you upgrade a Collector to VCM 5.7, the Agent Proxy on the Collector is automatically upgraded
and the Agent Proxy protected storage and user account configuration settings are preserved. For existing
non-Collector Agent Proxy machines, you must upgrade VCM for Virtualization and retain the Secure
Communication settings.
The Agent Proxy configuration is only used to collect the ESX logs and Linux data types form the ESX
Service Console OS.
Prerequisites
n Do not change the password for the CSI Communication Proxy service when you upgrade VCM for
Virtualization. If you change the password, you might need to reinstall and reconfigure the Agent
Proxy.
n Do not install the Agent Proxy and Active Directory on the same machine. The operations required to
install, uninstall, upgrade, and reinstall these products can cause you to reinstall and reconfigure the
Agent Proxy.
n Before you uninstall VCM for Virtualization manually, you must execute
RetainSecureCommSettings.exe. Otherwise, the Agent Proxy configuration settings will be
removed, and you will need to reconfigure the Agent Proxy. The RetainSecureCommSettings.exe
is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VCM\Installer\Packages, or in the path relative
to where you installed the software. For more information about configuring vCenter Server data
collections, see the VCM Administration Guide.
Procedure
To upgrade the VCM for Virtualization Agent Proxy on non-Collector machines, use one of these
methods depending on your configuration.
n "Use VCM to Upgrade an Agent Proxy Machine" on the next page
Use VCM to upgrade VCM for Virtualization on a non-Collector Agent Proxy Machine. If a new
version of the Agent Proxy becomes available, the upgrade process installs the newer version on your
Agent Proxy machine.
n "Manually Upgrade an Agent Proxy Machine" on the next page
Manually upgrade VCM for Virtualization on a non-Collector Agent Proxy Machine. Use this method
to upgrade an Agent Proxy machine if you do not use the upgrade option in VCM.
Upgrading or Migrating VCM
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