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
certificates,copy
provisioning, operating system 27
change detection
WCI 103
check
for UNIX/Linux updates 192
for Windows updates 185
checking
network authority account 78, 250
CMAgentInstall.exe
for Windows 85, 87
uninstalling agent 88
collect
package managers 226
repositories 226
vCloud Director
vApp 152, 158
collect distributions
provisioning, operating system 201
collection results
active directory 258
Oracle 138
Remote 179
UNIX/Linux 121
virtualization 152
collection scripts
custom for WCI 105
collection user account
creating, Config User Action 136
collections
active directory 258
domain controllers 254
Mac OS X 129
Oracle 137
patching 185
results, Mac OS X 131
troubleshooting vCenter Server 146
UNIX/Linux 121
vCenter Server data 143, 145-146
virtualization 151
WCI 106
Windows machines 90
collector
aware of Remote client 168, 178
certificates 15
install before agents 115, 125
lock request 86
collector services
account 13
compliance
checking, UNIX/Linux 121
content, accessing 263
Mac OS X 131
rule
remediation
software provisioning 232
software provisioning 231
configuration
Active Directory 255
configurations
database file growth 67
configure
provisioning, operating system 21
configuring
vSphere Client Plug-in 164
content for compliance 263
wizard 262
copying
files to ESX/vSphere servers 150
creating
Oracle collection user account 136
credentials
vCloud Director
vApp 155
CSI_AGENT_RUN_OPTION 115, 125
custom filter sets
for Remote 169
customization
component settings 65
for your environment 139
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database
backup/disaster recovery plan 70
recovery settings 68
deleting
asset data field 238
hardware asset data 242
software asset data 246
deploying
patches, UNIX/Linux 196
patches, Windows machines 190
determine forest action
running for active directory 256
developing
custom collection scripts 105
DHCP
provisioning, operating system 25
dialup 167
disabling
UAC on Windows machines 81
disaster recovery plan 70
discover
vCloud Director
vApp 158
discovering
domain controllers 249, 251
Oracle Instances 132
Windows machines 77, 79
discovery
provisioning, operating system 202
distributions
provisioning, operating system 201
domain controllers
collecting 254
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