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
Contents
About This Book 9
Preparing for Installation 11
Installation Manager 11
Installation Configurations 12
Tools Installation 12
General Prerequisites to Install VCM 12
Verify Hardware and Software Requirements 12
Verify Administration Rights 12
Set the Default Network Authority Account 12
Specify the Collector Services Account 13
Change the Collector Services Account Password in the Services Management Console 13
Change the Collector Services Account Password in the Component Services DCOM Config
Console 13
Verify the VMware Application Services Account 14
Determine the VCM Remote Virtual Directory 14
Use Secure Communications Certificates 14
Understand Server Authentication 14
Verify the Foundation Checker System Checks 16
Install UNIX Patch for HP-UX 11.11 16
VCM Uses FIPS Cryptography 16
VCM Uses Microsoft Cryptographic Service Providers for Windows Machines 17
Cryptography for UNIX/Linux Platforms 17
Cryptography used in VCM Software Components 17
Supported Windows and UNIX Platforms 18
Installing VCM 19
Installing, Configuring, and Upgrading the OS Provisioning Server and Components 21
Restricted Network Environment 21
Install and Configure the OS Provisioning Server 21
Install the OS Provisioning Server 22
Set the vcmuser Password 24
Configure DHCP 25
Configure TFTP 26
Create a Windows Boot Image 26
Copy the VCMî ±Certificate to the OS Provisioning Server for Linux Provisioning 27
Configure OS Provisioning Server Integration with the VCM Collector 28
Import Distributions into the OS Provisioning Server Repository 33
Create Directories for Windows Distributions 34
Import Windows Distributions 34
Import Linux/ESX Distributions 36
Using the basicimport Command Options 38
Working with Custom Linux ISO Distributions 38
Upgrade the OS Provisioning Server to 5.4.1 39
Before Upgrading the OS Provisioning Server 39
Upgrading the OS Provisioning Server 39
After Upgrading the OS Provisioning Server 39
Managing the OS Provisioning Server System Logs 40
ospctrl Command Options 40
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