User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- VCM Installation and Getting Started Guide
- Updated Information
- About This Book
- Preparing for Installation
- Installing VCM
- Using Installation Manager
- Installing and Configuring the OS Provisioning Server and Components
- Installing the Operating System Provisioning Server
- Preparing Boot Images for Windows Provisioning
- Copy the VCM Certificate to the OS Provisioning Server for Linux Provisioning
- Importing Distributions into the OS Provisioning Server Repository
- Configuring the OS Provisioning Server Integration with the VCM Collector
- Maintaining Operating System Provisioning Servers
- Upgrading or Migrating vCenter Configuration Manager
- Upgrade and Migration Scenarios
- Prerequisites
- Back up Your Databases
- Back up Your Files
- Back up Your Certificates
- Software Supported by the VCM Collector
- Migration Process
- Prerequisites
- Foundation Checker Must Run Successfully
- Use the SQL Migration Helper Tool
- Migrate Only Your Database
- Replace your existing 32-Bit Environment with the Supported 64-bit Environment
- How to Recover Your Machine if the Migration is not Successful
- Migrate a 32-bit environment running VCM 5.3 or earlier to VCM 5.4
- Migrate a 64-bit environment running VCM 5.3 or earlier to VCM 5.4
- Migrate a split installation of VCM 5.3 or earlier to a single-server install...
- After You Migrate VCM
- Upgrade Process
- Upgrading Existing Windows Agents
- Upgrading Existing Remote Clients
- Upgrading Existing UNIX Agents
- Upgrading VCM for Virtualization
- Getting Started with VCM Components and Tools
- Getting Started with VCM
- Discover, License, and Install Windows Machines
- Verifying Available Domains
- Checking the Network Authority
- Assigning Network Authority Accounts
- Discovering Windows Machines
- Licensing Windows Machines
- Installing the VCM Windows Agent on your Windows Machines
- Performing an Initial Collection
- Exploring Windows Collection Results
- Getting Started Collecting Windows Custom Information
- Discover, License, and Install UNIX/Linux Machines
- Discover, License, and Install Mac OS X Machines
- Discover, License, 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
- Getting Started with VCM Management Extensions for Assets
- Getting Started with VCM Service Desk Integration
- Getting Started with VCM for Active Directory
- Accessing Additional Compliance Content
- Installing and Getting Started with VCM Tools
- Maintaining VCM After Installation
- Troubleshooting Problems with VCM
- Index
Prerequsites
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Verify you are using VMware vCenter 4 Server.
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Verify the VMware vSphere Client is installed.
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Verify the VMware Tools are installed on the virtual machines.
Procedure
1. On the VCM Collector, browse to [path]\VMware\VCM\Tools\vSphere Client VCM
Plugin\bin and double-click VCVPInstaller.exe.
2. In the VCVP Plug-in Registration dialog box, configure these options.
Option Description
Register Select the option to register the URL for the plug-in.
Select Unregister only if you are discontinuing the use of the plug-in on the
target vSphere Client.
Server URL Type the http or https path, where <server> is your vSphere Client server.
Administrator User Name Type the name of a user with Administrator privileges in the vSphere
Client.
Administrator Password Type the associated password.
URLto vSphereClientVCMPlugin.xml Type the http path, where <VCMserver> is the name or IP address for the
VCM Collector. The xml file is located in
\VMware\VCM
\WebConsole\L1033\VCVPAnon\Xml\vSphereClientVCMPlugin.xml
3. Click OK.
4. Start VCM.
5. On the login screen, select the role that you are using to log into the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In and
select the Automatically log in using this role check box.
6. Start the vSphere Client.
7. Select a Guest machine.
What to do next
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Confirm that you can access the VCM Summary and VCM Actions tabs.
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Configure the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In integration settings in VCM. See "Configuring the vSphere
Client VCM Plug-In Integration Settings" on page 144.
Configuring the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In Integration Settings
You must configure integration settings in VCM for vSphere Client VCM Plug-In users. The settings
enable users to view the VCM reports.
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