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
Procedure
1. On your VCM Collector, select Administration.
2. Click Settings and review the available general and product-specific configuration settings to
customize for your environment.
3. Click Windows and configure the settings to communicate with the VCM Windows Agent for your
collection types.
Option Description
Agent - General Configures the general characteristics of the WindowsAgent operation.
Agent - Thread Priority Configures priorities for collections while running on managed machines.
Data Retention Configures the time to retain each VCM data type in the database.
Custom Information Displays the Windows Custom Information script and output types.
4. Click UNIX and configure the settings to communicate with the VCM UNIXAgent for your collection
types.
Option Description
Agent - General Configures the general characteristics of the UNIXAgent operation.
Agent - RunAsSuid Configures data types as RunAsSuid for selected operating systems during
Agent operation.
Agent - Nice Configures the Nice settings for each data type during Agent operation.
Data Retention Configures the time to retain each VCM data type in the database.
Custom Information Types Adds custom data types and directives to collect data and parse text files.
Restricted Path Configures restricted paths for editing file properties.
5. For the products that you licensed and the network authority, review and update the component-
specific settings for your environment.
Option Description
Asset Extensions Configures the hardware device and software configuration item settings.
Integrated Products Configures settings for the VMware and EMC products that integrate with VCM.
OS Provisioning Enables OS provisioning and configures the server connection timeout and user
account.
VCM for Active Directory Configures the data retention settings for AD objects and the ADdisplay
settings.
VCM for Exchange Configures the Agent general and thread priority settings to communicate with
the VCM Windows Agent, and the Exchange data retention and trending
settings.
VCM for Virtualization Configures the data retention settings for vCenter, virtual machine hosts and
guests, and the virtual machine logs.
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