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 the VCM managed machine, run
%SystemRoot%\CMAgent\Uninstall\Packages\CMAgentInstall\UnCMAgentInstall.exe.
This path displays the default location. The EXE file is located in the path relative to the installed
software on the Collector.
Enable UAC After VCM Agent Installation
Enable User Account Control (UAC) on Windows 7, 2008, 2008 R2, and Vista machines after you install the
VCM Agent.
You can enable UAC on a single Windows machine or a group of Windows machines.
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"Enable User Account Control on a Single Windows Machine" on page 89
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"Enable UAC By Using a Group Policy" on page 89
Enable User Account Control on a Single Windows Machine
You must enable User Account Control (UAC) on Windows 7, 2008, 2008 R2, or Vista machines after you
install the VCM Agent on the target machines.
This procedure enables UAC on a Windows 2008 machine.
Procedure
1. On the target Windows 2008 machine, click Start > Run.
2. In the Run dialog box, type msconfig and click OK.
3. In the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
4. In the System Configuration dialog box, click the Tools tab.
5. In the Tool Name list, select Enable UAC.
6. Click Launch.
7. When the command is finished running, click Close and click Close again.
8. Restart the Windows 2008 machine to apply the changes.
What to do next
Collect data from managed Windows machines. See "Collect Windows Data" on page 90.
Enable UAC By Using a Group Policy
If you disabled the User Account Control (UAC) using a group policy, you can re-enable UAC VCM by
using a group policy.
This procedure enables UAC on a Windows 2008 machine.
Procedure
1. On the Windows 2008 machine, click Start > Run.
2. In the Run dialog box, type msconfig and click OK.
3. In the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
4. In the System Configuration dialog box, click the Tools tab.
5. In the Tool Name list, select Enable UAC.
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