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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
Figure 8–2. Typical VCM Enterprise-Wide, Single-Server Installation
VCM Agent Proxies for Virtualization can be installed on the VCM Collector, which is the default
installation, or on one or more separate Windows Servers.
n If the Agent Proxy is installed on the VCM Collector, which is the default installation, the Collector
communicates directly with the ESX Servers.
n If the Agent Proxy is installed on a separate Server, which is optional, the VCM Collector communicates
with the Agent Proxy Server, which communicates with the ESX Servers.
Configure a Single-Tier Installation Environment
In a single-tier installation configuration, you configure the single Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, or 2012
R2 machine for the Database, Web, and VCM Collector components, then install VCM. The machine can
be a physical or virtual Windows machine.
Prerequisites
n Perform the general system prerequisites. See "System Prerequisites to Install VCM" on page21.
n Connect the single Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, or 2012 R2 VCM Collector machine to your domain.
n Obtain the installation media for the Enterprise, Standard, or Datacenter edition of SQL Server 2008 R2,
2012, or 2014, or verify access to a file share where the installer resides.
n Verify that the single-tier server machine has at least 11 GB of free disk space and 2GB of RAM.
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