Introduction

Once VCM has been installed, we need to configure it to make it work for our environment; the default configurations need to be changed for environment-specific changes. To manage our infrastructure, we need to install agents on the Windows and Linux servers. This can be achieved in many ways, such as installing via scripts or, if we are using automation to deploy the machines, we could use that itself or push it to the servers identified by VCM.

We need to add vCenter, vCloud, and vShield server instances to VCM so that we can start utilizing the details available in those systems, such as machines and vApps deployed, which can be used to create various reports. Also, the captured details include the virtual machines deployed in the infrastructure, which can be used by VCM to deploy agents and bring them under management.

We need to create various machine groups; a machine group is basically a collection of machines that can be grouped into a single entity for various purposes, such as patching, reporting, and checking compliance.

In this chapter, we will start configuring VCM so that it is ready for day-to-day operations.

Let's begin.