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Table Of Contents
- VMware vRealize Configuration ManagerAdvanced Installation Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Achieving a Successful VCM Installation
- Hardware Requirements for Collector Machines
- Software and Operating System Requirements for Collector Machines
- Preparing for Installation
- System Prerequisites to Install VCM
- Configure Resources to Install VCM on a Virtual Machine
- Secure Communications Certificates
- Single-Tier Server Installation
- Configure a Single-Tier Installation Environment
- Verify that the Installing User is an Administrator
- Install and Configure Windows Server Operating System
- Install the .NET Framework
- Configuring the Database Components of the VCM Collector
- Install SQL Server on the VCM Collector
- Verify and Configure the SQL Server Properties
- Verify Matching SQL Server and Computer Names
- Verify the SQL Server Agent Service Account is a sysadmin
- Verify that the SQL Server Agent Service Starts Automatically
- Select the SQL Server Agent Service Account
- Establish SQL Server Administration Rights
- Configure the Web Components
- Configure SSRS on the VCM Collector
- Configure the VCM Collector Components
- Two-Tier Split Installation
- Configuring a Two-Tier Split Installation Environment
- Verify that the Installing User is an Administrator
- Install and Configure Windows Server Operating System
- Configuring the VCM Database Server
- Disable the Firewall or Add an Exception for SQL Server Port 1433
- Install SQL Server on the Database Server
- Verify and Configure the SQL Server Properties
- Verify Matching SQL Server and Computer Names
- Verify the SQL Server Agent Service Account is a sysadmin
- Verify that the SQL Server Agent Service Starts Automatically
- Select the SQL Server Agent Service Account
- Establish SQL Server Administration Rights
- Configure the Combined VCM Collector and Web Server
- Three-Tier Split Installation
- Configuring a Three-Tier Split Installation Environment
- Verify that the Installing User is an Administrator
- Install and Configure Windows Server Operating System
- Configure the VCM Database Server
- Install SQL Server on the Database Server
- Verify and Configure the SQL Server Properties
- Verify Matching SQL Server and Computer Names
- Verify the SQL Server Agent Service Account is a sysadmin
- Verify that the SQL Server Agent Service Starts Automatically
- Select the SQL Server Agent Service Account
- Establish SQL Server Administration Rights
- Configure the Web Server
- Configure the VCM Collector
- Installing VCM
- Configuring SQL Server for VCM
- Upgrading or Migrating VCM
- Upgrading VCM and Components
- Upgrading Virtual Environments Collections
- Migrating VCM
- Prerequisites to Migrate VCM
- Migrate Only Your Database
- Replace Your Existing 32-Bit Environment with a Supported 64-bit Environment
- Migrate a 32-bit Environment Running VCM 5.3 or Earlier to VCM 5.8
- Migrate a 64-bit Environment Running VCM 5.3 or Earlier toVCM 5.8
- Migrate a Split Installation of VCM 5.3 or Earlier to a Single-Tier, Two-Tier...
- How to Recover Your Collector Machine if the Migration is not Successful
- Maintaining VCM After Installation
- Hardware and Operating System Requirements for VCM Managed Machines
- VCM Agent Support on Non-English Windows Platforms
- VCM Managed Machine Requirements
- Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS Agent Files
- Windows Custom Information Supports PowerShell 2.0
- Linux and UNIX Patch Assessment and Deployment Requirements
- Support for VMware Cloud Infrastructure
- vRealize Operations Manager Integration Features
- FIPS Requirements
- Agent Sizing Information
- Index
What to do next
Modify the SQLCMD path variable to ensure that VCM Patching recognizes the SQLCMD path. See
"Modify the SQLCMD Path Variable" on page 119.
Modify the SQLCMD Path Variable
SQLCMD is a command-line utility that allows you to use Transact-SQL statements, system procedures,
and script files at the command prompt. To ensure that VCM Patching recognizes the SQLCMD path in a
three-tier installation, you must modify the environment variable to point to the path where SQLCMDis
installed.
In a three-tier split installation, SQLCMD is installed on the Web server, VCM Collector, and VCM
database server when you install Client Connectivity Tools or Management Tools - Basic.
Procedure
1. On the Web server, in the Control Panel click System and Security.
2. Click System.
3. Click Change settings.
4. Select the Advanced tab.
5. Click Environment Variables.
6. In the User variables area, click New.
7. Type a name for the environment variable and enter the following value:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn
8. Click OK to close the New User Variable dialog box.
9. Click OK and OK to close the Environment Variables and System Properties dialog boxes.
What to do next
Configure the VCM Collector. See "Configure the VCM Collector" below.
Configure the VCM Collector
The VCM Collector contains the VCM software application and VCM services. To prepare the VCM
Collector for VCM installation, configure the required utilities.
In a three-tier split installation configuration, configure the Web server and VCM Collector on separate
machines.
NOTE This procedure is required only if you did not install the complete set of Management Tools and
support components earlier.
Prerequisites
n Perform the prerequisite tasks for your three-tier split installation configuration. See "Three-Tier Split
Installation" on page 91.
n From the VCM Collector, verify that you can access the Microsoft Download Center, Microsoft SQL
Server Feature Pack to download SQLXML 4.0 SP1 in the following procedure. See the online Microsoft
Download Center.
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