VMware VCENTER CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.3 - SOFTWARE REQUIEREMENTS GUIDE Configuration page 40

vCenter Configuration Manager Hardware and Software Requirements Guide
6. In the Login name text box, type the domain name\user name or click Search to locate the valid user
name.
7. Select Window authentication.
8. In the left pane, select Server Roles.
9. In the right pane, select sysadmin.
10. Click OK to save the settings and close the window.
Verifying your Browser Compatibility
Verify that you have installed a VCM-compatible web browser on both the Collector and any other
machines that will be accessing the Web Console. VCM currently supports the following browsers:
Internet Explorer version 6.0 or later. If you are using IE 7, turn off the status bar for better results.
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Mozilla Firefox version 2.0 or later with the Internet Explorer add-on: IE Tab. (The add-on requires
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Internet Explorer 6.0 to be installed on the machine.)
Identifying Secure Communications Certificates
VCM uses Transport Layer Security (TLS) to communicate securely over HTTP connections. TLS uses
certificates to authenticate the Collector and Agents to each other. You must specify certificates for the
Collector and for the Enterprise during the installation process. You can let the Installation Manager
generate the certificates or you can use your existing certificates. If you plan to use your own certificates,
familiarize yourself with the certificate names so that you can select them from your certificate store
during installation.
To be valid, a Collector certificate must meet the following criteria:
The Collector certificate must be located in the local machine personal certificate store.
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The Collector certificate must be valid for Server Authentication. If any Enhanced Key Usage extension
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or property is present, it must include the Server Authentication OID 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.1. If the Key Usage
extension is present, it must include DIGITAL_SIGNATURE.
The Collector certificate must not be expired.
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If you want the Installation Manager to generate the Collector and Enterprise certificates for you, select
the Generate option during installation.
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Implementation for VCM white paper.
Identifying Default Network Authority Account
The Installation Manager requires that you specify the default network authority account during the
installation process. This account, which is often the system administrator's account, must be set up in the
local administrators group on each machine prior to installation and should have administrator rights on
the Agent machines. VCM uses the default network authority account to collect data from Windows
Agent machines.
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Network Authority.
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