Installation guide

Preparing for Installation

Prepare your environment for a VCMinstallation by performing the prerequisites to include hardware,

software, and physical and virtual machines before you install VCM components and tools.

VCM Installation Configurations

VCM supports several installation configurations including single-tier, two-tier, and three-tier. Use

Installation Manager to install VCM in these configurations.

n Single-Tier Server Installation

In a single-tier server installation, the VCM database server, Web server, and the VCM Collector

components reside on a single Windows Server 2008 R2 machine, which is referred to as the VCM

Collector. The installation installs all of the core VCM components, including the databases, console,

and services. This configuration enables integrated security by default.

n Two-Tier Split Installation

In a two-tier split installation, the VCM database resides on a Windows Server 2008 R2 database server

machine, and the VCM Collector and Web components reside together on a separate Windows Server

2008 R2 machine.

n Three-Tier Split Installation

In a three-tier split installation, the VCM databases, the Web applications, and the VCM Collector

components reside on three different Windows Server 2008 R2 machines.

To perform the prerequisite steps for VCM installation, see "System Prerequisites to Install VCM" on

page23.

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