VMware vRealize Configuration Manager Cookbook
图书信息
| 作者 | Abhijeet Shriram Janwalkar |
| 出版社 | Packt Publishing |
| ISBN | 9781786462053 |
| 出版时间 | 2016-07-01 |
| 字数 | 181.8万 |
| 分类 | 进口书,外文原版书,电脑,网络 |
读书简介
Over 80 recipes to teach you the power of vRealize Configuration Manager 5.8 to provide automated and continuous configuration management About This Book First book in the market that provides a broad configuration and compliance management solution for your enterprise. Champion the skills of the latest features of VMware vRealize Configuration Manager and implement it in your organization. A recipe based approach book that will enlighten you to configure VCM to collect and manage data from your virtual and physical environment. Who This Book Is For If you are a system administrator who is eager to provide better administration with VCM and are familiar with managing network users and resources along with performing system maintenance, then this book is for you. What You Will Learn Find out how to configure automated patching of your infrastructure for Windows as well Unix machines Maintain and upgrade your vRealize Configuration Manager Integrate with other VMware tools such as vCloud Director, vRealise Operations, vCenter, and vCloud Network and Security Understand what vRealize Configuration Manager is and what its capacities are Explore how vRealize Configuration Manager can be used for patching, compliance management, and software distribution Troubleshoot vRealize Configuration Manager with ease In Detail VMware vRealize Configuration Manager (VCM) helps you to automate IT operations, manage performance, and gain visibility across physical and virtual infrastructure. It is continuously being used by enterprises to audit the configurations of the VMware infrastructure as well as the Windows, Linux, and UNIX operating systems. This book is filled with practical recipes through which you will learn about the latest features of vRealize Configuration Manager 5.8.X, starting with installation of various tiers of VCM followed by configuration management across physical and virtual servers. Throughout this book, you will explore how VCM can perform tasks such as patch management, compliance assessment, and software package distribution along with Machine filters for new platforms such as RHEL 7 and Windows 10. This book will ease your troubles while upgrading from the existing VCM to the latest version by providing you with step-by-step instructions about the process of migration along with upgrade and maintenance support. This book will help you understand how to integrate vRealize Configuration with other applications along with schedule management and also guide you on how to handle security issues. After reading this book, you will have a clear understanding of how VCM fits in the overall picture of the data center design from a patching and compliance perspective. Style and approach This book takes a recipe-based approach that will provide you with an effective and a practical configuration management solution for your enterprise.
目录
VMware vRealize Configuration Manager Cookbook
VMware vRealize Configuration Manager Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more
Why subscribe?
Free access for Packt account holders
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Sections
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works…
There's more…
See also
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Installing VCM
Introduction
Understanding VCM components
The database server
The VCM Collector server
The web server
The managing agent
The SCR Tool
Distributed VCM deployment
Single-tier installation
Two-tier installation
Three-tier installation
Understanding the requirements of VCM
Software requirements
Minimum hardware requirements
Service accounts
VCM databases
OSes supported by VCM
vRealize Configuration Manager port and protocol summary
Licensing
Preparing our VCM deployment - installing SQL
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Preparing our VCM deployment - installing and configuring IIS
Getting ready
How to do it...
Installing IIS
Configuring IIS
Configuring the IIS 7.5 default website
How it works...
Preparing our VCM deployment - configuring SSRS
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Preparing our VCM deployment - installing other prerequisites
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Installing VCM - single-tier deployment
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Installing VCM - two-tier deployment
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Installing VCM - three-tier deployment
Getting ready
How to do it...
Installing web components
Installing Collector server components
How it works...
VCM post-installation tasks - database fine tuning
Getting ready
How to do it...
SQL Server - database settings
SQL Server - maintenance plan
How it works...
2. Configuring VCM to Manage Your Infrastructure
Introduction
Adding a vCenter Server instance
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Adding a vCloud Director and vShield instance
Getting ready
How to do it...
Adding a vShield instance
Adding a vCloud Director instance
How it works...
Collecting data from managed machines
Getting ready
How to do it...
Collecting data from virtual infrastructures
Collecting data from managed machines
How it works...
There's more...
Adding a discovery rule
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Adding a network authority account to manage machines in multiple domains
Getting ready
How to do it...
Available Domains
Available Accounts
Assigned Accounts
How it works...
Configuring a managing agent machine for virtual environment management
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Installing an agent on Windows servers
Getting ready
How to do it...
Manual agent installation
Agent push from the console
Licensing Windows machines
How it works...
There's more...
Installing an agent on Linux servers
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Creating machine groups
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Dynamic groups
Static groups
3. Linux Patching
Introduction
How Linux patching works
SCR VM requirements
Estimated required SCR storage by platform
SCR VM hardware requirements
List of patch sites for SCR
Installing SCR prerequisites
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Installing the SCR Tool
Getting ready
How to do it...
Installing SCR
Encrypting the password for the content repository
How it works...
Setting up the SCR configuration file
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Scheduling content downloads
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Configuring Apache
Getting ready
How to do it...
Installing Apache
Configuring httpd.conf for Apache
Configuring the .htaccess file
Configuring HTTPS in Apache
How it works...
There's more...
Configuring patching repository options in VCM
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Configuring staging options in VCM
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Configuring the SCR Tool base path for the patching repository
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Creating a patch assessment template
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Deploying patches on Linux machines – on demand
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Deploying patches on Linux machines – scheduled
Getting ready
How to do it...
Step 1 – the initial collection
Step 2 – deploying the patch
Step 3 – final assessment
How it works...
4. Windows Patching
Introduction
Configuring VCM to use Microsoft updates
Getting ready
How to do it...
Configuring a proxy
Downloading settings
The network authority account
Synchronizing patches with Microsoft
How it works...
The download directory
See also
An introduction to automated patching
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Creating a patch assessment template
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Windows patching – on demand
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Windows patching – scheduled
Getting ready
How to do it...
Initial collection
Initial assessment
Deploying patches
Final assessment
How it works...
There's more...
Patching machines in multi-domain environments and workgroups
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Patching VM templates
How to do it...
How it works
Patching reports
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
5. Software Provisioning for Windows
Introduction
The Windows software repository
Package manager for Windows
VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Package Studio
Installing a software repository on Windows
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Deploying additional components on agents
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Creating software packages
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Publishing software packages to a repository
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Adding a repository to VCM
Getting ready
How to do it...
Collecting software provisioning package manager data
Collecting software repository data
How it works...
Adding repository sources to package manager
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Deploying a package
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
6. Compliance Management
Introduction
The constructs of VCM compliance
Rules
Filters
Rule groups
Templates
Importing compliance packs
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Creating compliance rule groups
Getting ready
How to do it...
Creating a rule group
Creating a filter
How it works...
Creating custom compliance rules for Windows
Machine group compliance
Virtual environment compliance
Getting ready
How to do it...
Copying a rule from another rule group
Creating a new rule
How it works...
Creating custom compliance rules for Linux
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Creating custom compliance rules for virtualization
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Modifying the default filter set
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Creating compliance templates
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Checking the compliance of the infrastructure
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Exporting compliance rules
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Compliance reports
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Creating compliance exceptions
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
7. Maintenance of VCM
Introduction
Upgrading VCM from a previous version – in place
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Aftercare
There's more...
Upgrading VCM from a previous version – parallel
Getting ready
How to do it...
Migrating the VCM certificate
Migrating VCM to the new server
How it works...
Aftercare
There's more...
Migrating VCM from another domain
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Applying a new license key
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Upgrading VCM agents
Getting ready
How to do it...
Windows
Linux
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Changing service account passwords
Getting ready
How to do it...
Collector service accounts
VCM remote service accounts
How it works...
Managing users
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Default roles
There's more...
Decommissioning VMs – manual VM purge
Getting ready
How to do it...
Unlicense a managed machine
Purge the machine
How it works...
There's more...
Decommissioning VMs – scheduled VM record purge
Getting ready
How to do it...
Schedule a job in SQL
How it works...
8. Integration with vROps and Scheduling
Introduction
Installing and configuration of vROps Management Pack for VCM
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works
There's more...
Configuring vROps – VCM compliance mapping and scheduling
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Scheduling OS and compliance data collection
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Scheduling compliance
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Scheduling reports
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Scheduling vCenter collections
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Scheduling vCenter discovery
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
9. Troubleshooting VCM
Introduction
Troubleshooting tools – EcmDebugEventViewer
Getting ready
How to do it...
Accessing events
Filtering events
How it works
Troubleshooting tools – Job Manager | History
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works
Troubleshooting tools – Machine Collection Status
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works
Troubleshooting agent communication issues
Getting ready
Issue 01: Mutual Authentication failed
How to do it...
Issue 02: Rethrown certificate issue
How to do it...
Issue 03: PingFailed
How to do it...
Issue 04: CredentialsFailed
How to do it...
How it works
Troubleshooting agent upgrade issues
Getting ready
How to do it...
Troubleshooting SCR download issues
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works
Troubleshooting VCM console login failure
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works
Troubleshooting vCenter and vCloud data collection issues
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works
Troubleshooting the Recommended Action: Investigate Issue Linux server patch error
Getting ready
How to do it...
Troubleshooting not being able to see any jobs on the console
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works
Troubleshooting not being able to see the Monthly option on the Schedule Job page
Getting ready
How to do it...
10. Defining Naming Conventions
Machine groups
Machine group filters
Patching templates
Scheduled patching jobs
Scheduled patch status collection
Scheduled patching assessment
Compliance templates
Compliance rule groups
11. Understanding VCM Console
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