User`s guide
Contents
About This Book 5
Overview 7
Agent and Collector Host OS Platform Support 8
VCM Agent Support on Non-English Windows Platforms 8
Understand the VCM Installation Manager 8
Understand VCM Installation Configurations 8
Hardware Requirements for Collector Machines 11
Determine the Size of Your Environment 11
Identify Your Specific Hardware Requirements 12
Software and Operating System Requirements for Collector Machines 15
Sizing Impacts on Software Requirements 15
Software Installation and Configuration Overview 15
Upgrade Considerations 16
Configuring a 64-bit Operating System for a VCM Installation 16
Install and Configure a Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System 16
Install and Configure IIS 17
Install .NET Framework 19
Verify the ISAPI Extensions 20
Install and Verify SQL XML 3.0 SP3 21
Install and Configure SQL Server 21
Use SQL Server 2008 Reporting Service (SSRS) 25
Prepare for VCM Installation 26
Configure SQL Server for VCM 31
SQL Server Database Settings 31
SQL Server Processor Settings 32
Configuring SQL Server Processor Settings 32
SQL Server IO Configuration 33
Use SQLIO to Determine IO Channel Throughput 35
Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines 37
VCM Managed Machine Requirements 37
Windows Custom Information Supports PowerShell 2.0 39
Supported OS Provisioning Target Systems 39
Software Provisioning Requirements 40
Software Provisioning Component Software Requirements 40
UNIX/Linux Patch Assessment and Deployment Requirements 40
Supported OSVersions for the New UNIXPatch Assessment Content 41
Agent Proxy Requirements for VMware ESX and ESXi 41
Minimum Operating System Requirements 42
Minimum Hardware Requirements 42
VCM Support for vSphere and vCenter Server Collections 42
vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines Collections 43
FIPS Requirements 43
FIPS for Windows 43
FIPS Used by VCM Agent Proxies 44
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