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When the installation begins, VCM Foundation Checker gathers information about the Collector
machine. If errors occur, you must resolve them before you can proceed.
8. Make sure that you select all of the components for installation.
If a component cannot be upgraded due to an invalid upgrade or an incomplete copy of the install
image, Installation Manager clears the check box and displays a message.
9. If you plan to upgrade VCM Remote and continue to use older Agents, use the same name for the
new Remote virtual directory as used in your previous installation.
If you change the Remote virtual directory name, you must update all corresponding Agents to use
the new virtual directory.
10. Select your existing databases to migrate them to VCM 5.8.
If Installation Manager requests that you create a new database, select the previous wizard page and
verify that your existing database, which you attached, is selected.
11. Do not select SSL unless your machine is already configured for SSL.
12. After the upgrade is finished, copy the content of WebConsole\L1033\Files from your existing 64-
bit Collector to your new 64-bit Collector.
Any existing remote commands, discovery files, and imported template files in this directory are
available on the 64-bit Collector.
13. On your 64-bit Collector, run your script to import your VCM scheduled jobs.
14. On your 64-bit Collector, run your script to import your VCM membership logins.
15. Re-import any custom SQL Server Reporting Service Report Definition Language (RDL) files.
What to do next
n Configure the SQL Server settings to tune your VCM database in SQL Server Management Studio,
including the VCM database file growth and database recovery. See "Maintaining VCM After
Installation" on page 161.
n Log in to VCM.
Migrate a Split Installation of VCM 5.3 or Earlier to a Single-Tier, Two-Tier, or
Three-Tier Server Installation
Migrate an existing split installation to a single-tier, two-tier, or three-tier installation configuration for
VCM 5.8.
In a previous split installation, the VCM databases were installed on separate Windows machines. The
Collector machine hosted the VCM_Coll database only, and the database server machine hosted the VCM,
VCM_UNIX, ReportServer, master, and msdb databases.
In VCM 5.8, you can migrate a previous split installation to any of the following configurations.
n "Single-Tier Server Installation" on page35
In a single-tier server installation, the VCM database server, Web server, and the VCM Collector
components reside on a single Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, or 2012 R2 machine, which is referred to
as the VCM Collector. The installation installs all of the core VCM components, including the databases,
console, and services. This configuration enables integrated security by default.
n "Two-Tier Split Installation" on page61
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