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
Collect UNIX/Linux Data 121
UNIX/Linux Collection Results 121
Discover, License, and Install Mac OS X Machines 122
Add Mac OS X Machines 123
License Mac OS X Machines 124
Install the Agent on Mac OS X Machines 124
Collect Mac OS X Data 129
Mac OS X Collection Results 131
Discover, Configure, and Collect Oracle Data from UNIX Machines 131
Discover Oracle Instances 132
Edit Oracle Instances 133
Collect Oracle Data 137
Oracle Collection Results 138
Customize VCM for your Environment 139
How to Set Up and Use VCM Auditing 139
Getting Started with VCM for Virtualization 141
Virtual Environments Configuration 141
ESX/ESXi Server Collections 142
vCenter Server Collections 143
vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines Collections 143
Configure vCenter Server Data Collections 143
Configure vCenter Server Collection Prerequisites 143
Collect vCenter Server Data 145
vCenter Server Collection Results 146
Troubleshooting vCenter Server Data Collections 146
Configure Virtual Machine Host Collections 147
vCenter Server Collection Upgrade Considerations 147
Configure the Collector as an Agent Proxy 147
License and Configure Virtual Machine Hosts 148
Copy Files to the ESX/ESXi Servers 150
Collect Virtualization Data 151
Virtualization Collection Results 152
Configure vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines Collections 152
Network Address Translation and vCloud Director vApp Discovery Rules 153
Generate vCloud Director Collection Credentials 155
Create vCloud Director Data Collection Filters 156
Collect vCloud Director Data 158
Discover vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines 158
vCloud Director Collection Results 162
Configure the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In 163
Register the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In 163
Configuring the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In Integration Settings 164
Manage Machines from the vSphere Client 165
Troubleshooting the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In Registration 165
Getting Started with VCM Remote 167
VCM Remote Management Workflow 167
Configuring VCMî ±Remote Connection Types 167
Using Certificates With VCM Remote 168
Configure and Install the VCMî ±Remote Client 168
Configure the VCM Remote Settings 168
Install the VCMî ±Remote Client 171
Connect VCM Remote Client Machines to the Network 178
VCM Remote Collection Results 179
Getting Started with VCM Patching 181
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