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
collection results
AD 227
Oracle 129
Remote 159
UNIX/Linux 107
virtualization 143
collection scripts
custom for WCI 93
collection user account
creating, Config User Action 125
creating, remote command 126
Oracle 125
collections
active directory 225
AD 220
exploring, Windows 84
Mac OS X 119
Oracle 129
patching 166
Remote 159
results, Mac OS X 121
troubleshooting vCenter Server 138
UNIX/Linux 106
vCenter Server data 135, 137
virtualization 142
WCI 89
Windows machines 83
collector
aware of Remote client 158
certificates 17
importing content 231
install before agents 99, 113
lock request 79
collector services
account 16
compliance
checking Windows 87
checking, UNIX/Linux 107
content, accessing 231
imported content 231
Mac OS X 121
rule
remediation
software provisioning 197
software provisioning 196
components
getting started 61
configurations
AD 221
assets 201
database file growth 239
installation 14
modifying hardware, assets 202
modifying software, assets 204
configuring
popup blocker 62
vSphere Client Plug-in 144
content for compliance 231
importing to collector 231
location 231
wizard 234
copying
files to ESX/vSphere servers 141
creating
Oracle collection user account 125-126
csi.config file 101, 104, 114, 117
CSI_AGENT_RUN_OPTION 104, 117
custom filter sets
for Remote 158
customization
component settings 237
for your environment 130
D
database
backup/disaster recovery plan 248
recovery settings 240
deploying
AD agent 217
AD to domain controllers 221
patches, UNIX/Linux 173
patches, Windows machines 168
determine forest action
running for AD 222
developing
custom collection scripts 93
dialup 149
disabling
UAC on Windows machines 77, 81
disaster recovery plan 248
discovering
domain controllers, AD 215
Oracle Instances 124
Windows machines 69, 72
domain controllers
active directory 213
deploying AD 221
domains
active directory 213
AD, confirming presence 214
verifying 69
E
enabling
popup blocker 62
enterprise
certificates 17
environment variable, %Systemroot% 79
ESX and ESXi
configure after provisioning 181
ESXi 134
exploring
AD collection results 227
assessment results, UNIX 171
assessment results, Windows 167
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