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
Getting Started with Software Provisioning
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Getting Started with Software Provisioning
Introduction to VCM Software Provisioning
Software provisioning is the process you use to create software packages, publish the packages to
repositories, and then install packages on one or more target machines.
To support the provisioning process, the VCM Software Provisioning components consist of VMware
vCenter Configuration Manager Package Studio, software package repositories, and Package Manager.
Using Package Studio to Create Software Packages and Publish to
Repositories
Package Studio is the application used to build software packages for installation on target Windows
servers and workstations.
Windows packages can include in-house and commercial software installation files, including .msi, .exe,
VBScripts, python, PowerShell.
To add a software installer to a package, it must be able to install and uninstall unmanned or quietly using
command line options, response files, or other similar methods.
Software Repository for Windows
Software Repository for Windows is the shared location to which packages are published by Package
Studio and the location from which Package Manager downloads packages for installation.
Package Manager for Windows
Package Manager is the application installed on each machine to manage the installation and removal of
the software contained in packages. Package Manager is configured to use one or more repositories as
sources for packages.
If you are using the software provisioning components in conjunction with VMware vCenter
Configuration Manager (VCM), you can use VCM to add and remove sources, and to install and remove
packages.
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