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Overview
The purpose of this manual is to help you determine your specific hardware and software requirements,
and then to install and configure the prerequisites necessary for a successful installation of VMware
vCenter Configuration Manager (VCM).
Before proceeding through this manual, consider the following questions. The answers that you provide
will help you to determine your hardware and software requirements throughout the course of this
document.
How many Windows (Servers and Workstations) and UNIX/Linux machines do you plan to license?
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How often do you intend to collect data?
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How much data do you intend to collect?
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How long do you plan to retain the data that you collect?
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What additional VCM components do you intend to license? See Download VMware vCenter
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Configuration Manager for more information about VCM components.
Will you be required to run a split installation due to corporate policies?
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A split installation across two machines should be used only when your corporate policy requires you
to have your SQL Server data stored on a centralized database server. Split installations are
implemented and supported only by VMware Customer Support. Installation instructions are not
provided in this manual.
Do you fully understand your VCM security requirements? See the VCM Security Environment
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Requirements (Technical White Paper) on the Download VMware vCenter Configuration Manager site.
To use this document effectively, begin by determining the hardware requirements for the VCMCollector
machine (See "Chapter 2: Hardware Requirements — Collector Machine"). Next, determine the supported
hardware and operating systems for your VCM Agent machines (See "Chapter 3: Hardware and
Operating Systems Requirements — Agent Machines"). After you are confident that you have determined
your hardware requirements, you must then install and configure the software and settings required by
the Collector machine (See "Chapter 4: Software and Operating System Requirements — Collector
Machine").
As you work through each chapter, complete each of the activities and procedures in the order in which
they appear. When you are finished, you should be able to run the Foundation Checker application
successfully, thereby ensuring an efficient and successful VCM installation. The Foundation Checker is a
VCM application that scans the Collector machine for the necessary prerequisites.
Refer to the following table for an overview of each chapter and the tasks associated with that chapter.
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