Installation guide

Contents

About This Book 7

Updated Information 9

Achieving a Successful VCMInstallation 11

VCM Collector and Agent OS Platform Support 11

Hardware Requirements for Collector Machines 13

Determine the Size of Your Environment 13

Identify Your Specific Hardware Requirements 14

Database Sizing for Managed vCenter Server Instances 14

Hardware and Disk Requirements By Number of Managed Machines 15

Software and Operating System Requirements for Collector Machines 19

Sizing Impact on Software Edition Requirements 19

Software Installation and Configuration Overview 20

Preparing for Installation 21

VCM Installation Configurations 21

System Prerequisites to Install VCM 23

Establish Local Administration Rights 24

Verify Browser Compatibility 24

Verify the Default Network Authority Account 24

Specify the Collector Services Account 25

Verify the VCM Agent is Not Installed 26

Verify the SQLXML Version 27

Configure Resources to Install VCM on a Virtual Machine 29

Configure the Disk to Install VCM on a Virtual Machine 30

Configure the CPU to Install VCM on a Virtual Machine 30

Configure the Memory to Install VCM on a Virtual Machine 31

Secure Communications Certificates 33

Authenticating the Server to the Client 33

Enterprise and Collector Certificates 34

Delivering Initial Certificates to Agents 34

Single-Tier Server Installation 37

Configure a Single-Tier Installation Environment 39

Verify that the Installing User is an Administrator 40

Install and Configure Windows Server 2008 R2 41

Disable the Remote Desktop Session Host 42

Enable DCOM 43

Install the .NET Framework 43

Verify the ASP.NET Client System Web Version 44

Verify the ASPRole Service 44

Verify the ASP.NETRole Service 44

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