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
sAddRemove = 1 'Whether or not VCM remote should appear in the Add/Remove
programs List, should be 0 = hide, 1 = show
sMSIPackageName = "CM Remote Client.msi" 'Name of the MSI package that
installs VCM Remote Agent
CheckVars
If sAddRemove = 0 Then
AppToRun = "msiexec.exe /qn /i " & Chr(34) &
EcmAgtContext.JobDownloadDirectory & "\" & sMSIPackageName & Chr(34) & "
ALLUSERS=1 COLLECTOR=" & Chr(34) & sCollName & Chr(34) & " PATHTOASP=" &
Chr(34) & sVirDir & Chr(34) & " ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT=" & sAddRemove & "
INSTALLDIR=" & Chr(34) & sInstallDir & Chr(34)
Else
AppToRun = "msiexec.exe /qn /i " & Chr(34) &
EcmAgtContext.JobDownloadDirectory & "\" & sMSIPackageName & Chr(34) & "
ALLUSERS=1 COLLECTOR=" & Chr(34) & sCollName & Chr(34) & " PATHTOASP=" &
Chr(34) & sVirDir & Chr(34) & " INSTALLDIR=" & Chr(34) & sInstallDir &
Chr(34)
End If
If bInstallCert = 1 Then
AppToRun = AppToRun & " CERTIFICATE_FILE=" & Chr(34) &
EcmAgtContext.JobDownloadDirectory & "\" & sCertFile & Chr(34)
Else
AppToRun = AppToRun & "SKIP_CERTIFICATE_FILE=1"
End If
EcmScriptRuntime.CmdExecute Chr(34) & AppToRun & Chr(34), 10000
End Sub
Sub CheckVars()
If sCollName = "" Then
WScript.Quit
Else
sCollName = Trim(sCollName)
End If
If sVirDir = "" Then
sVirDir = "vcmremote/ecmremotehttp.asp"
Else
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