User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Configuration ManagerInstallation and Getting Started Guide
- About This Book
- Preparing for Installation
- Installation Manager
- Installation Configurations
- Tools Installation
- General Prerequisites to Install VCM
- Verify Hardware and Software Requirements
- Verify Administration Rights
- Set the Default Network Authority Account
- Specify the Collector Services Account
- Change the Collector Services Account Password in the Services Management Con...
- Change the Collector Services Account Password in the Component Services DCOM...
- Verify the VMware Application Services Account
- Determine the VCM Remote Virtual Directory
- Use Secure Communications Certificates
- Understand Server Authentication
- Verify the Foundation Checker System Checks
- Install UNIX Patch for HP-UX 11.11
- VCM Uses FIPS Cryptography
- Installing VCM
- Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading the OS Provisioning Server and Components
- Upgrading or Migrating VCM
- Upgrades
- Migrations
- Prerequisites to Migrate VCM
- Back Up Your Databases
- Back up Your Files
- Export and Back up Your Certificates
- Migrating VCM
- Migrate Only Your Database
- Replace Your Existing 32-Bit Environment with a Supported 64-bit Environment
- Migrate a 32-bit Environment Running VCM 5.3 or Earlier to VCM 5.4.1
- Migrate a 64-bit Environment Running VCM 5.3 or Earlier to VCM 5.4.1
- Migrate a Split Installation of VCM 5.3 or Earlier to a Single-Server Install...
- How to Recover Your Collector Machine if the Migration is not Successful
- Upgrading VCM and Components
- Maintaining VCM After Installation
- Getting Started with VCM Components and Tools
- Getting Started with VCM
- Discover, License, and Install Windows Machines
- Discover, License, and Install Windows Machines
- Verify Available Domains
- Check the Network Authority
- Assign Network Authority Accounts
- Discover Windows Machines
- License Windows Machines
- Disable User Account Control for VCM Agent Installation
- Install the VCM Windows Agent on Your Windows Machines
- Enable UAC After VCM Agent Installation
- Collect Windows Data
- Windows Collection Results
- Getting Started with Windows Custom Information
- Discover, License, and Install UNIX/Linux Machines
- Discover, License, and Install Mac OS X Machines
- Discover, Configure, and Collect Oracle Data from UNIX Machines
- Customize VCM for your Environment
- How to Set Up and Use VCM Auditing
- Discover, License, and Install Windows Machines
- Getting Started with VCM for Virtualization
- Getting Started with VCM Remote
- Getting Started with VCM Patching
- Getting Started with Operating System Provisioning
- Getting Started with Software Provisioning
- Using Package Studio to Create Software Packages and Publish to Repositories
- Software Repository for Windows
- Package Manager for Windows
- Software Provisioning Component Relationships
- Install the Software Provisioning Components
- Using Package Studio to Create Software Packages and Publish to Repositories
- Using VCM Software Provisioning for Windows
- Related Software Provisioning Actions
- Getting Started with VCM Management Extensions for Assets
- Getting Started with VCM Service Desk Integration
- Getting Started with VCM for Active Directory
- Installing and Getting Started with VCM Tools
- Index
License UNIX/Linux Machines
License UNIX/Linux machines before you install the Agent and begin to manage them. You license the
machines displayed in the Available UNIX Machines list.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you added the machines. See "Add UNIX/Linux Machines" on page 112.
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Determine if your managed Red Hat workstations and servers are affected by an upgrade from a
previous version of VCM. See "Upgrade Requirements for UNIX/Linux Machines" on page 112.
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Verify that the machines you are licensing have a specified Machine Type. Machines without a Machine
Type value will not be licensed.
Procedure
1. Click Administration.
2. Select Machines Manager > Available Machines > Available UNIX Machines.
3. Select the machines and click License.
4. On the Machines page, verify that the Selected list includes the machines to license and click Next.
5. On the Product License Details page, review the licensed machine count and click Next.
6. On the Important page, click Finish.
What to do next
Install the Agent on the target machines. See "Install the Agent on UNIX/Linux Machines" on page 114.
Install the Agent on UNIX/Linux Machines
Install the appropriate version of the VCM Agent on each of your licensed target machines to enable
communication between the Collector and the managed UNIX/Linux machines.
Installing the Agent on UNIX/Linux machines is a manual operation. You can run the installation process
in silent mode or interactive mode. To run the installation in silent mode, you must edit the configuration
options in the csi.config file. The file is edited to accommodate different target machine types.
A Deployment Utility is available in C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VCM\Tools to assist you
with your UNIX/Linux configuration for selected steps. See the utility's online help for more information.
IMPORTANT Ensure you install the Agent on newly managed machines rather than upgrading currently
managed machines. If you are upgrading, see the online help and "Upgrade Requirements for UNIX/Linux
Machines" on page 112.
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