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
Back up Your Databases
Back up all of the databases used in your configuration. Depending on which version you migrate, the
database names differ slightly.
Before you migrate from a previous version of VCM, back up these databases:
If you migrate from Back up these databases
VMware VCM CSI_Domain, VCM, VCM_Coll, VCM_UNIX, ReportServer, master, and msdb
EMC Ionix SCM CSI_Domain, SCM, SCM_Coll, SCM_UNIX, ReportServer, master, and msdb
Configuresoft ECM
(versions 4.11.1 to 5.0)
CSI_Domain, ECM, ECM_Coll, ECM_UNIX, ReportServer, master, and msdb
Table 4-1. Before You Migrate, Back Up Your Databases
Back up Your Files
Back up the entire content of the CMFILES$ share. The default location is C:\Program Files
(x86)\VMware\VCM\WebConsole\L1033\Files\ on 64-bit systems, or C:\Program
Files\VMware\VCM\WebConsole\L1033\Files\ on 32-bit systems.
If your Collector was originally installed as EMC Ionix SCM or as Configuresoft ECM, this default path will
be different.
If you customized the Collector, back up the relevant files.
If you exported reports to a non-default location, back up the relevant files.
Back up Your Certificates
Export and back up your Collector and Enterprise certificates.
Software Supported by the VCMCollector
The migration to VCM 5.4 requires that the VCM Collector be upgraded or migrated to:
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Windows Server 2008 R2
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SQL Server 2008 R2
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
NOTE Because Windows Server 2008 R2 is supported only on 64-bit hardware, if your Collector is
currently installed on a 32-bit platform, see the VCM Hardware and Software Requirements Guide for
information about system specifications.
For a complete list of requirements, see the VCM Hardware and Software Requirements Guide.
For questions about any of the migration procedures, contact VMware Customer Support before you
begin the migration.
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