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
Oracle 129
UNIX/Linux 107
virtualization 143
Windows 84
imported content 231
Remote collection results 159
F
filter sets
imported content 231
in Remote settings 158
Remote 158
forest
run determine forest action 222
forests
active directory 213
foundation checker 233
installation 234
ftp, use binary mode 100, 113
G
getting started 69
active directory 213
assets 201
auditing 131
components, tools 61
deploy patches, UNIX/Linux 173
deploy patches, Windows 168
explore assessment results, UNIX 171
explore assessment results, Windows 167
launch assessment 166
launching 62
logging on 62
patching collection 166
Remote 149
tools 233
virtualization 133
vSphere Client Plug-in 145
WCI 88
WCI PowerShell scripts 91
Getting Started
Using Patching 165
H
HTTP agent, port number 79
I
IIS settings
updating 251
import/export wizard 234
importing content
content wizard 231
information bar in portal 64
install
Windows machines 69
installation
agent 18
agent on Mac OS X machines 113
agent on Red Hat, SUSE 99
agent on UNIX/Linux machines 99
agent on Windows machines 77
agent, manually 78
agent, UNIX 100, 113
check prerequisites 15
configurations 14
foundation checker 234
maintenance after 237
navigating 21
preparing 13
prerequisites 15
Remote client 151
command line 153
remote command 154
tools 15, 233
understanding configurations 14
using installation manager 14
InstallCMAgent 103, 116
installing
Package Manager for Windows 190
Package Studio 188
packages 195
repositories 187
integration
Service Desk 209
invalid certificate in vSphere Client
troubleshooting 146
J
job manager 233
job status reporting
WCI 90
jobs history
provisioning 196
L
LAN 149
launch an assessment 166
launching
content wizard 231
license
Windows machines 69
licensing
AD agent 217
Mac OS X 112
UNIX/Linux machines 98
Windows machines 75
local package
UNIX agent upgrade 55
location for compliance content 231
lock request, submit from collector 79
M
Mac OS X
adding 111
agent
installing 113
agent, uninstall 118
VMware, Inc. 255
Index