Specifications

Basic System Administration
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To view active consolidation services
SelectAdministration>ConsolidationSettings>ServiceStatustab.
Specifying Consolidation Settings
Consolidationsettingsenableyoutospecifythecredentialsnecessarytorun
Consolidationservicesandtospecifydefaultsystem‐levelcredentials(see
“ConsolidationPrerequisites”onpage 130).
To specify consolidation settings
1 SelectAdministration>ConsolidationSettings>Credentialstab.
2ClickChangeinoneofthefollowingareas:
 ServiceCredentials–UsedtorunthecollectorserviceontheVirtualCenter
Server.Ensurethatthisaccounthasadministratorprivilegesonthe
VirtualCenterserverand,ifActiv eDirectoryisdeployed,thattheyalsohave
thenecessaryprivilegestoqueryActiv eDirectory.Furthermore,thisaccount
mustbegrantedtheuserrightto
Logonasaservice.Thisisaccomplished
throughtheLocalSecurityPolicyutility(Start>AdministrativeTools>Local
SecurityPolicy).
 DefaultCredentials–Usedtoaccesssystemsthatareselectedforanalysisbut
forwhichnoadministratorcredentialsarespecified.
3Enteradomain‐qualifiedusername(forexample,DOMAIN\username)and
password.
4ConfirmthepasswordandclickOK.
Discovering Physical Systems
Thediscoveryphaseofconsolidationinvolvesthefollowingprocess:
 “SpecifyingScope”onpage 133
 “SupplyingSystem‐levelAdministratorCredentials”onpage 134
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OTEInformationaboutdiscoveredsystemsiscached,andaverylargecachecan
negativelyimpactVirtualCenterperformance.Itisrecommendedthatyoudonotrun
GuidedConsolidationovermorethan20,000systemswithoutclearingthecache.For
informationaboutdisablingGuidedConsolidation,andaboutclearingthecache,see
“TroubleshootingConsolidation”on
page 137.