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
Index
%
%Systemroot% environment variable 79
A
About Patching 161
about this book 11
access by user 61
accessing
compliance content 231
account
application services 16
collector services 16
network authority 15
Oracle collection user 125
active directory
(AD) 213
agent 217
collection results 227
configuration 221
data collection 225
domain controllers 213
getting started 213
network authority account 215
reference information 230
run determine forest action 222
run setup DCs action 223
AD (active directory) 213
adding
assets hardware configuration 205
assets software configuration 207
Mac OS X 111
Oracle Instances 124
repository sources 194
UNIX machines hosting Oracle 124
UNIX/Linux machines 97
administration
rights 15
ADProductInstall.exe for Windows 79
agent
active directory 217
ADProductInstall.exe for Windows AD 79
binaries per OS 100, 113
CMAgentInstall.exe for Windows 79
installation 18, 77
installation, manually 78
installation, Oracle 124
installing
Mac OS X 113
platforms supported 55, 99
proxy
platform not supported 57
Index
VMware, Inc. 253
upgrading 57
upgrading manually 58
uninstall, Mac OS X 118
uninstall, UNIX/Linux 105
uninstalling 80
UNIX upgrade 55-56
upgrading 53
upgrading for UNIX 54
agent communication
changing after OS provisioning 182
agents
certificates 18
AgentUpgradeLocal.sh for UNIX 55
application services
account 16
assets
configuration items 201
getting started 201
hardware configuration items 205
software configuration items 207
auditing 131
authentication
server 17
automatic upgrade
Remote client 54
B
backup/disaster recovery plan 248
binary mode, use for ftp 100, 113
broadband 149
C
certificates
agents 18
collector 17
enterprise 17
Enterprise Certificate 79
PKI 79
secure communication 16
change detection
WCI 90
check
for UNIX/Linux updates 169
for Windows updates 165
CMAgentInstall.exe
for Windows 79
uninstalling agent 80
collect
package managers 193
repositories 193