Preparing for Installation
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Preparing for Installation
This chapter provides important information that will help you prepare to install VCM components and
tools in your enterprise. This chapter contains the following sections:
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Using Installation Manager:
Provides an overview of Installation Manager, which is used to install and
activate all VCM components and tools.
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Understanding Installation Configurations
: Describes the supported installation configurations for
VCM.
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Understanding Tools Installation
: Explains how VCM tools are installed.
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Checking Prerequisites for Installation
: Lists the prerequisites you should complete prior to using VCM
Installation Manager to perform the installation.
For an overview of the security precautions you should take before installing VCM, see the VCM Security
Environment Requirements Technical White Paper on the VMware vCenter download site.
This document assumes that your hardware and software configuration meets the requirements described
in
VCM Hardware and Software Requirements Guide
. If you have not already done so, verify that your
configuration meets the installation requirements by performing a Tools Only installation of VCM
Foundation Checker, and then running it once it is installed. If VCM Foundation Checker does not return
any errors, then you are ready to proceed. For more information on performing a Tools only installation,
see
"Installing and Getting Started with VCM Tools" on page 241
. If you choose to install and run the
Foundation Checker before installation, it is important to uninstall the Foundation Checker before
running the Installation Manager.
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