Installation guide

Procedure
1. In VCM, select Administration.
2. Click Settings and review the available general and product-specific configuration settings to
customize for your environment.
3. Click Windows and configure the settings to communicate with the VCM Windows Agent for your
collection types.
Option Description
Agent - General Configures the general characteristics of the WindowsAgent operation.
Agent - Thread Priority Configures priorities for collections while running on managed machines.
Data Retention Configures the time to retain each VCM data type in the database.
Custom Information Displays the Windows Custom Information script and output types.
4. Click UNIX and configure the settings to communicate with the VCM UNIXAgent for your collection
types.
Option Description
Agent - General Configures the general characteristics of the UNIXAgent operation.
Agent - RunAsSuid Configures data types as RunAsSuid for selected operating systems during
Agent operation.
Agent - Nice Configures the Nice settings for each data type during Agent operation.
Data Retention Configures the time to retain each VCM data type in the database.
Custom Information Types Adds custom data types and directives to collect data and parse text files.
Restricted Path Configures restricted paths for editing file properties.
5. For the VCMfunctional areas and the network authority, review and update the component-specific
settings for your environment.
Option Description
Asset Extensions Configures the hardware device and software configuration item settings.
Integrated Products Configures settings for the VMware and EMC products that integrate with VCM.
OS Provisioning Enables OS provisioning and configures the server connection timeout and user
account.
ScriptedRemediation
Framework
Sets values for administrative parameters used in remediation scripts.
VCM for Active Directory Configures the data retention settings for AD objects and the ADdisplay
settings.
VCM for Virtualization Configures the data retention settings for vCenter Server, virtual machine hosts
and guests, and the virtual machine logs.
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