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
Option Description
cert
Update C:\Program Files
(x86)\VMware\VCM\Tools\sTunnel\certs\vcm_stunnel_
cert.pem with the installation location.
key
Update C:\Program Files
(x86)\VMware\VCM\Tools\sTunnel\key\vcm_stunnel_pk.pem
with the installation location.
CAfile or CApath
Use one of the options.
n
If using CAfile, update C:\Program Files
(x86)\VMware\VCM\Tools\sTunnel\certs\ca-cert.pem with
the installation location.
n
If using CApath, update C:\Program Files
(x86)\VMware\VCM\Tools\sTunnel\certs with the installation
location.
accept
Update to 127.0.0.1:21307.
connect
Update asm_hostname_or_ip_address:40607 to the host name or
the IP address of the OS Provisioning Server.
5. Run the following commands from the Stunnel directory to register and start the Stunnel service.
cd c:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VCM\Tools\sTunnel
stunnel –install
net start stunnel
What to do next
Verify that the communication between the OS Provisioning Server and the VCMCollector is properly
configured. See "Confirm Stunnel Configuration" on page 32.
Confirm Stunnel Configuration
Confirm that Stunnel communication between the OS Provisioning Server and the VCM Collector is
configured and active before you provision target machines.
Prerequisites
n
Configure Stunnel on the OS Provisioning Server. See "Configure Stunnel on the OS Provisioning
Server" on page 29.
n
Configure Stunnel on the VCMCollector. See "Configure Stunnel on the VCM Collector" on page 30.
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