Installation guide

System Prerequisites to Install VCM

Perform the system prerequisites to prepare your physical or virtual machine for VCM installation. The

prerequisites ensure that your machine meets the requirements for your environment to support a

successful VCM installation.

After you perform the system prerequisites, during VCM installation the Installation Manager runs

system checks on the database server, Web server, and VCM Collector machine in your installation

configuration. These system checks verify that you have satisfied all of the prerequisites for a successful

VCM installation. During the system checks, Foundation Checker verifies component-specific issues

against VCM, captures common issues, and identifies any problems with the version of VCM being

installed.

Foundation Checker might generate warnings, which you must review. In some cases, you might need to

resolve the warnings before you install VCM, even though the warnings will not prevent you from

starting the installation.

If Foundation Checker generates errors, you must resolve them before you install VCM. For more

information about Foundation Checker, see the VCM Foundation Checker User's Guide.

Use the following topics to verify your system requirements.

n Verify that your environment meets the security requirements. See the VCM Security Guide.

n "Establish Local Administration Rights" on the next page

Verify that the user account of the person who performs the VCM installation, upgrade, or migration

has all of the required rights.

n "Verify Browser Compatibility" on the next page

Verify that the target VCM Collector machine, and any other machines that will access the VCM Web

console interface on the VCM Collector, have a compatible Web browser installed.

n "Verify the Default Network Authority Account" on the next page

Define the network authority account in the Local Administrators group on the Collector machine

before you install VCM. The network authority account must be a domain account. VCM uses the

default network authority account to collect data from Windows Agent machines.

n "Specify the Collector Services Account" on page25

Specify the Collector Service account to use during VCM installation. The account can be a system

administrator account and must exist in the Local Administrators group on the Collector machine. The

account must not be the Local System account.

n "Verify the VCM Agent is Not Installed" on page26

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