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
Contents
Getting Started with VCM for Mac OS X 110
Adding Mac OS X Machines 111
Licensing Mac OS X Machines 112
Installing the Agent on Mac OS X Machines 113
Performing a Mac OS X Collection 119
Exploring Mac OS X Collection Results 121
Discover, License, and Collect Oracle Data from UNIX Machines 123
Adding UNIX Machines Hosting Oracle and Installing the Agent 124
Discovering Oracle Instances 124
Creating the Oracle Collection User Account 125
Performing an Oracle Collection 129
Exploring Oracle Collection Results 129
Reference Information about Oracle 129
Customize VCM for your Environment 130
How to Set Up and Use VCM Auditing 131
Getting Started with VCM for Virtualization 133
Virtual Environments Configuration 133
ESX/ESXi Server Collections 134
vCenter Server Collections 135
Configuring vCenter Server Data Collections 135
vCenter Server Collection Upgrade Considerations 135
vCenter Server Collection Prerequisites 135
Collect vCenter Server Data 137
Reviewing Collected vCenter Server Data 137
Troubleshooting vCenter Server Data Collections 138
Configuring VM Host Collections 138
Configure the Collector as an Agent Proxy 138
License and Configure VMî ±Hosts 139
Copy Files to the ESX/ESXi Servers 141
Perform an Initial Virtualization Collection 142
Reviewing Virtualization Collection Results 143
Configuring the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In 143
Register the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In 143
Configuring the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In Integration Settings 144
Manage Machines from the vSphere Client 145
Upgrade the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In 145
Troubleshooting the vSphere Client VCM Plug-In Registration 146
Getting Started with VCM Remote 149
Getting Started with VCM Remote 149
Installing the VCM Remote Client 150
Installing the Remote Client manually 151
Making VCM Aware of VCM Remote Clients 158
Configuring VCM Remote Settings 158
Creating Custom Collection Filter Sets 158
Specifying Custom Filter Sets in the VCM Remote Settings 158
Performing a Collection Using VCM Remote 159
Exploring VCM Remote Collection Results 159
Getting Started with VCM Patching 161
VCM Patching for Windows and UNIX/Linux 161
VCM Patching for Windows 161
VCM Patching for UNIX/Linux 162
Minimum System Requirements 162
About UNIXî ±Patch Assessment and Deployment 162
Getting Started with VCM Patching 165
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