Installation guide

vCenter Configuration Manager Advanced Installation Guide
Database Recovery Models 153
Configure Database Recovery Settings 154
Create a Maintenance Plan for SQL Server 154
Incorporate the VCM Database into Your Backup and Disaster Recovery Plans 156
Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines 157
VCM Agent Support on Non-English Windows Platforms 157
VCM Managed Machine Requirements 157
Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS Agent Files 160
Windows Custom Information Supports PowerShell 2.0 160
Supported OS Provisioning Target Systems 161
Software Provisioning Requirements 161
Linux and UNIX Patch Assessment and Deployment Requirements 162
Support for VMware Cloud Infrastructure 163
Cloud and Virtualization Infrastructure Platforms 163
Managing Agent Requirements 163
Agent Proxy Requirements for VMware ESX and ESXi 163
vCenter Operations Manager Integration Features 164
FIPS Requirements 164
FIPS for Windows 164
FIPS for VCM Agent Proxies 166
Agent Sizing Information 166
Windows Machines 167
Linux and UNIX Machines 168
Mac OS X Machines 169
Hardware and Software Requirements for the Operating System Provisioning Server 171
Supported OS Provisioning Server Platform 171
OS Provisioning Server System Requirements 171
OS Provisioning Server Software Requirements 172
Required Packages 172
Disallowed Packages 172
OS Provisioning Server Network Requirements 172
Provisioning Network Interface 172
Configure the OS Provisioning Server Firewall 173
Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading the OS Provisioning Server and Components 175
Restricted Network Environment 175
Install and Configure the OS Provisioning Server 175
Install the Operating System Provisioning Server 176
Uninstall the OS Provisioning Server 177
Configure DHCP 178
Configure a DHCP Server Other Than the OS Provisioning Server 179
Configure TFTP 179
Create a Windows Boot Image 180
Copy the VCMCertificate to the OS Provisioning Server for Linux Provisioning 181
Import Distributions into the OS Provisioning Server Repository 182
Create Directories for Windows Distributions 182
Import Windows Distributions 183
Import Linux Distributions 185
Using the basicimport Command Options 186
Working with Custom Linux ISO Distributions 187
Upgrade the OS Provisioning Server to 5.5 187
Managing the OS Provisioning Server System Logs 188
ospctrl Command Options 189
Index 191
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