Installation guide

Option Description
Network Authority Configures and manages the available domains, available accounts, and assigned
accounts by domain or machine group, and the proxy servers used during the
HTTP Agent installation.
What to do next
n See the online help for each product component for more information about the specific settings.
n Configure the database file growth. See "Configure Database File Growth" below.
Configure Database File Growth
Configure the autogrowth properties of the VCM database and log file to restrict the file growth from
affecting VCM performance.
The VCM installer creates a 2GB data file and a 1GB log file. These files grow as ongoing operations add
data to VCM.
The file growth for each file is set to the default value for Microsoft SQL Server. In some environments,
these default values can result in file fragmentation or reduced performance. The following procedure sets
the autogrowth property in each database.
Procedure
1. Click Start.
2. Select All Programs > Microsoft SQL Server {version} > SQL Server Management Studio.
3. Expand the SQL instance, and expand Databases.
4. Right-click VCM, select Properties, and in the left pane, select Files.
5. In the Autogrowth column, click the ellipsis button and select Enable Autogrowth.
6. In the File Growth area, select In Percent and type or select 10.
A value of 10% allows the transaction log file to grow by 10% of its current size. This value is critical in
large environments where the log file can increase significantly even when using the Simple recovery
model.
Reserve as much space as possible for your transaction log file so that it does not ever have to grow.
This configuration will result in the best performance.
7. In the Maximum File Size area, select Unrestricted File Growth and click OK.
8. Repeat this procedure for VCM_Log.
What to do next
Return to the database list and set the AutoGrowth value for all VCM related databases.
Database Recovery Models
SQL Server supports several database recovery models to control transaction log maintenance. You set a
specific model to each database. The VCM database settings are set to Simple by default.Retain these
settings for all VMware databases, and use the nightly full or incremental backups.
Maintaining VCM After Installation
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