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e Click the Sites button.
f Type the IP address of the vShield Manager and click Add.
g Click Close.
h Click OK.
i Close Internet Explorer.
The vShield Manager connects to the vCenter Server, logs on, and utilizes the VMware Infrastructure SDK
to populate the vShield Manager inventory panel. The inventory panel is presented on the left side of the
screen. This resource tree should match your VMware Infrastructure inventory panel. The vShield Manager
does not appear in the vShield Manager inventory panel.
What to do next
Login to the vSphere Client, select an ESX host, and verify that vShield appears as a tab. You can then install
and configure vShield components from the vSphere Client.
Change the Password of the vShield Manager User Interface Default
Account
You can change the password of the admin account to harden access to your vShield Manager.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vShield Manager user interface.
2 Click Change Password on the top right corner of the window.
3 In Old password, type default (the current password).
4 Type a new password.
5 Confirm the password by typing it a second time in the Retype Password field.
6 Click OK to save your changes.
Schedule a Backup of vShield Manager Data
You can only schedule the parameters for one type of backup at any given time. You cannot schedule a
configuration-only backup and a complete data backup to run simultaneously.
Procedure
1 Click Settings & Reports from the vShield Manager inventory panel.
2 Click the Configuration tab.
3 Click Backups.
4 From the Scheduled Backups drop-down menu, select On.
5 From the Backup Frequency drop-down menu, select Hourly, Daily, or Weekly.
The Day of Week, Hour of Day, and Minute drop-down menus are disabled based on the selected
frequency. For example, if you select Daily, the Day of Week drop-down menu is disabled as this field
is not applicable to a daily frequency.
6 (Optional) Select the Exclude System Events check box if you do not want to back up system event
tables.
7 (Optional) Select the Exclude Audit Log check box if you do not want to back up audit log tables.
8 Type the Host IP Address of the system where the backup will be saved.
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