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VMware vRealize Configuration Manager Cookbook

By : Abhijeet Shriram Janwalkar
Book Image

VMware vRealize Configuration Manager Cookbook

By: Abhijeet Shriram Janwalkar

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
VMware vRealize Configuration Manager Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
11
Understanding VCM Console

Creating machine groups


Machine/virtual object groups are used to organize managed machines and virtual objects into small logical groups. There are default groups available from VCM when it is deployed (more details are in the There's More... section).

Getting ready

As an administrator, you must have some idea of which machine you should put together. You can use this concept and create machine groups as per your requirement.

How to do it...

Once you have a basic understanding of what you want to achieve with the group, log in to the VCM console and follow the steps detailed shortly.

We will create a machine group that will include all the machines that are a part of the Study.local Active Directory group, and it will keep on adding machines as soon as a new machine is added to VCM from the same domain.

  1. Go to Administration | Machines Manager | Machine/Virtual Object Group | All Machines and click on Add Group.

  2. Provide a name and proper description, and click on Next.

  3. Set Membership Type as Dynamic...