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Table Of Contents
- VMware vRealize Configuration ManagerInstallation Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Preparing to Install VCM
- Common Prerequisites for All VCM Servers
- VCM Installation
- Post-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
Supported Operating System Supported Hardware
Solaris 10 SPARC, SPARC-V9, x86, and
x64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10.0–10.2 (up to 5.5.0 Agent only)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10.3–10.4, 11.0–11.3
x86 and x64 (includes Intel and
AMD architectures, excludes
Itanium)
VCM 5.8 provides UNIX patch assessment content in a new format for the following operating systems.
n Red Hat RHEL5 and 6
n SUSE SLES 10.0–10.4 and 11.0–11.3
For information about the new content format, see the VCM Administration Guide or the VCM online help.
Support for VMware Cloud Infrastructure
Use VCM to collect data from vCenter Server, vCloud Director, and vShield Manager. The collection runs
on the supported platforms using the VMware API/SDK through a Managing Agent.
To collect ESX Linux Data Types from the ESX Service Console OS, including ESX Logs, you use an Agent
Proxy.
Cloud and Virtualization Infrastructure Platforms
Use the VMware product interoperability matrix to determine the cloud and virtualization infrastructure
platforms from which VCM can collect. See partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_
matrix.php.
Managing Agent Requirements
To collect virtual environments data, you use Managing Agent machines. A Managing Agent is a Windows
machine running Windows 7, 64-bit, or Windows Server 2008, 64-bit.
Agent Proxy Requirements for VMware ESX and ESXi
To collect ESX Service Console OS Linux data types, including ESX logs, you use an Agent Proxy rather
than installing the VCM Agent directly on the ESX Servers.
When collecting data from ESX Servers, you must configure at least one VCM Agent Proxy machine. You
can configure the Collector as the Agent Proxy or configure standalone Agent Proxy machines. The
Collector communicates with the Agent Proxy and the Agent Proxy then directly communicates with the
ESX Servers using SSH and/or Web Services for necessary data collection actions. The data is processed by
the Agent Proxy and relayed to the Collector.
The minimum operating system and hardware requirements for each Agent Proxy machine are based on
the following criteria.
n Number of machines from which you are collecting data
n Type of data collected and filters used
n Frequency of collections
n Data retention
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