User`s guide

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vCenter Server 5.0
VCM 5.4.1 supports vCenter Server 5.0 on a Windows machine only.
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vCenter Server 4, 4.0.x, 4.1, 4.1 u1
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ESXi 5.0 and Guests
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ESXi 4.1 u1 and Guests
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ESX 4.1 u1 and Guests
To collect from vCenter Server, you must license and install several components on the machine that runs
vCenter, including a VCM Windows Agent (5.4 or later), PowerShell, and the vSphere PowerCLI. The
Agent uses vSphere PowerCLI to run the vCenter collection and access the vSphere API on the vCenter
Servers, and sends the data to the VCM Collector to add to the database.
vCloud Director vApp Virtual Machines Collections
VCM 5.4.1 supports data collection from vCloud Director 1.0, 1.0.1, and 1.5.
FIPS Requirements
If your organization must conform to the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), the following
tables list the VCM-supported standards.
FIPS for Windows
For the following Windows platforms, VCM uses the Microsoft CryptoAPI and the Microsoft
Cryptographic Service Providers (CSPs), which is included with Microsoft Windows.
Operating System Version Hardware Platform FIPS Module Certificate
.NET 3 cil 894
Windows Vista 1 x86 899
Windows Vista 1 x86 and 64-bit 894
Windows Vista 1 x86 and 64-bit 893
Windows Vista 1 x86 and 64-bit 892
Windows 2003 SP2 x86 and 64-bit 875
Windows 2003 SP1 x86 and 64-bit 382
Windows 2003 SP1 x86 and 64-bit 381
Windows 2003 Gold x86 and 64-bit 382
Windows 2003 Gold x86 and 64-bit 381
Windows XP SP2 x86 240
Windows XP SP2 x86 238
Windows XP SP1 x86 240
Windows XP Gold x86 240
Windows XP Gold x86 238
Windows 2000 All x86 103
Windows 2008 1 x86 and 64-bit;
Itanium is not
supported.
See
"Cryptographic RSA Enhanced Validated
Modules" on page 43
and
"Cryptographic DSS
Enhanced Validated Modules" on page 44
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Windows 2008 R2 RTM
Windows All 2000 x86 76
Table 5–6. FIPS Support for Windows Machines
Cryptographic RSA Enhanced Validated Modules
The Microsoft Cryptography API (CAPI) supports the following validated versions of RSA enhanced
modules, and the operating systems for which the testing is valid.
Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines
VMware, Inc.
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