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
vCenter Configuration Manager Installation and Getting Started Guide
VCM Patching for Windows and UNIX/Linux Machines 181
VCM Patching for Windows Machines 181
VCM Patching for UNIX and Linux Machines 182
Minimum System Requirements 182
UNIXî ±and Linux Patch Assessment and Deployment 182
Getting Started with VCM Patching 184
vCenter Software Content Repository Tool 190
Running VCM Patching Reports 197
Customize Your Environment for VCMî ±Patching 198
Getting Started with Operating System Provisioning 199
OS Provisioning Components 199
How OS Provisioning Works 200
Provision Target Machines with Operating System Distributions 201
Collect OS Distributions 201
Discover Provisionable Machines 202
Provision Machines with Operating System Distributions 202
Provisioned Machines Results 213
Re-Provision Machines 214
Getting Started with Software Provisioning 217
Using Package Studio to Create Software Packages and Publish to Repositories 217
Software Repository for Windows 217
Package Manager for Windows 217
Software Provisioning Component Relationships 218
Install the Software Provisioning Components 218
Install Software Repository for Windows 219
Install Package Studio 220
Install Package Manager on Managed Machines 222
Using Package Studio to Create Software Packages and Publish to Repositories 223
Creating Packages 223
Using VCM Software Provisioning for Windows 225
Collect Package Manager Information from Machines 226
Collect Software Repository Data 226
Add Repository Sources to Package Managers 227
Install Packages 228
Related Software Provisioning Actions 230
Viewing Provisioning Jobs in the Job Manager 230
Create Compliance Rules Based on Software Provisioning Data 231
Create Compliance Rules Containing Software Provisioning Remediation Actions 232
Getting Started with VCM Management Extensions for Assets 235
Configure Asset Data Fields 235
Review Available Asset Data Fields 236
Add an Asset Data Field 236
Edit an Asset Data Field 237
Delete a VCMMXA Data Field 238
Change the Order of Asset Data Columns 238
Refresh Dynamic Asset Data Fields 239
Configure Asset Data Values for VCM Machines 239
Configure Asset Data for Other Hardware Devices 240
Add Other Hardware Devices 240
Add Multiple Similar Other Hardware Devices 241
Edit Asset Data for Other Hardware Devices 241
Edit Asset Data Values for Other Hardware Devices 242
Delete Other Hardware Devices 242
Configure Asset Data for Software 243
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