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
discover, license, install 249
discovering 251
domain discovery 250
licensing 252
run setup action 256
domain discovery
domain controllers 250
Windows machines 78
domains
active directory 249
download settings
patch assessment content 184
E
editing
asset data field 237
hardware asset data 241
hardware asset data values 242
software asset data 245
software asset data values 245
VCM asset data 239
enabling
UAC on Windows machines 89
enterprise
certificates 15
environment variable, %Systemroot% 85, 87
esx
provisioning, operating system 213
ESX and ESXi
configure after provisioning 213
ESXi 142
exploring
assessment results, UNIX 194
assessment results, Windows 187
collection results
Oracle 138
UNIX/Linux 121
virtualization 152
Remote collection results 179
F
filter sets
Remote 169
filters
vCloud Director
vApp
collect 156
forest
run determine forest action 256
forests
active directory 249
foundation checker 261
installation 264
ftp, use binary mode 115, 125
G
getting started 77
active directory 249
assets 235
auditing 139
deploy patches, UNIX/Linux 196
deploy patches, Windows 190
explore assessment results, UNIX 194
explore assessment results, Windows 187
launch assessment 186
launching 72
logging on 72
patching collection 185
Remote 167
tools 261
virtualization 141
vSphere Client Plug-in 165
WCI 92
WCI PowerShell scripts 94
Getting Started
Using Patching 184
H
HTTP agent, port number 86
I
import
distributions
provisioning, operating system 33
Windows directories 34
provisioning, operating system
Linux/ESX 36
Windows
provisioning, operating system 34
import/export wizard 262
importing
provisioning, operating system
basicimport 38
information bar in portal 73
install
provisioning, operating system 21-22
installation
agent 16
agent on Mac OS X machines 124
agent on Red Hat, SUSE 115
agent on UNIX/Linux machines 114
agent on Windows machines 83
agent, manually 84
agent, UNIX 115, 125
check prerequisites 12
foundation checker 264
maintenance after 65
navigating 19
preparing 11
prerequisites 12
Remote client
command line 172-173
remote command 172, 175
tools 12, 261
using installation manager 11
Windows machines 77, 249
VMware, Inc. 267
Index