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
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You use the EXE file to install the Agent in unattended, silent mode. EXE files detect an existing
software version and provide the option to uninstall the existing version.
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You use the MSI file to install the Agent in unattended, silent mode. MSI files are database files. The
Windows msiexec.exe executable file reads the data in the MSI file, and then installs the Agent.
The MSI file uninstalls any existing, non-MSI Agent without sending a request. If you run the MSI
installer again, the removal option is available.
If you use a new MSI file to upgrade an MSI-installed Agent, the old Agent is uninstalled.
The VCM Enterprise Certificate was installed when you initially installed VCM. During the Agent
installation process, if you select HTTP, VCM installs the Enterprise Certificate in the certificate store on the
VCM managed machine.
The Collector root certificate authenticates Collector requests on the managed machine before it processes
a collection or change request. The authentication process uses the Collector Certificate and established
trust to the Enterprise Certificate.
Use the EXE File to Install the Agent
You can use the EXE file to manually install the VCM Windows Agent on a target machine. The directories
in this procedure are default locations.
CAUTION For Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 2008 only: If you set the compatibility mode on an
Agent executable file to a previous version of Windows, VCM might report the compatible
operating system instead of the actual operating system. For example, on a Windows 7 machine, if
you set the Agent to run in compatibility mode for Windows XP, the Agent will report that the
machine is a Windows XP machine.
Prerequisites
Locate the Enterprise Certificate before you install the VCM Agent. See "Locate the Enterprise Certificate"
on page 84.
Procedure
1. On your VCM Collector, open Windows Explorer and navigate to the Agent files directory at
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VCM\AgentFiles.
2. Copy the CMAgentInstall.exe file from the Collector to the target machine or a shared network
location.
The CMAgentInstall.exe file is located in the path relative to the installed software on the Collector.
3. On the target machine, use Windows Explorer and run the installation in either normal or silent mode.
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For normal mode, run CMAgentInstall.exe.
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For silent mode, run CMAgentInstall.exe /s INSTALLPATH=%Systemroot%\CMAgent
PORTNUMBER=26542 CERTIFICATEFILE=<filename>.
The %Systemroot% environment variable specifies the directory where Windows is installed, which is
typically \WINNT or \WINDOWS.
Use the following options for the installation.
Option Action
CMAgentInstall.exe Executable file used to install the Agent.
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