Upgrading The Vsphere Client Vcm Plug-In - VMware VCENTER CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.3 Getting Started Manual

N If you have previously used this Agent Proxy to perform a collection from your upgraded
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Collector, the first collection may fail due to a password encryption issue. If so, try resetting the VM
Host password at Administration | Machines Manager | Additional Components | VCM for
Virtualization | Licensed VM Hosts. You may set the password for multiple hosts at the same time if
desired.
All VCM-managed Windows machines will include the VCM Agent extension for VCM Provisioning,
which is a separate installation.
For Agent Proxy machines, if the virtualization proxy and VCM Agent extensions for Provisioning are
installed, you must run ProvisioningProductInstall.exe from the Collector.

Upgrading the vSphere Client VCM Plug-in

The vSphere Client VCM Plug-in integrates VMware vCenter Configuration Manager into the vSphere
Client to provide VCM data and functionality within vCenter. After upgrading VCM, you must upgrade
the Plug-in, which means vCenter users must un-register it and then re-register it.
Upgrading the Plug-In
To upgrade the vSphere Client VCM Plug-in, follow these steps:
1. Upgrade VCM.
2. Manually un-register the pre-VCM 5.3 version of the Plug-in, as described in Un-register the Previous
Version of the Plug-in in
3. Register the new Plug-in by following the instructions in
on page 143.
Un-register the Previous Version of the Plug-in
If you have already upgraded VMware vCenter Configuration Manager, you must manually un-register
the previous version of the Plug-in before registering the VCM 5.3 Plug-in. Although the upgrade to VCM
removes files for the previous Plug-in, and installs the new Plug-in files in new locations and with new
names, it does not register the new Plug-in with the vSphere Client. To un-register the existing Plug-in,
follow these steps.
1. Browse to the following link, where "{vCenter machine name}" is the name of your vCenter 4
Server instance:
https://{vCenter machine name}/mob/?moid=ExtensionManager
2. In the Methods area, click the UnregisterExtension link.
3. Enter the following string value for extensionKey: com.CM.VirtualCenterCompliancePlugIn
4. Click Invoke Method.
VMware, Inc.
Un-register the Previous Version of the
Upgrading VCM and Related Components
Plug-in.
"Registering the vSphere Client VCM Plug-in"
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