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Table Of Contents
VMware ACE Administrator’s Manual
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“UsingEventLogs”onpage85
“StoppingandStartingtheApacheServiceManually”onpage85
“LoggingOntotheACE2ManagementServeronpage86
“UsingtheACE2ManagementServeronpage87
“UnblockingPortTrafficandChangingPortAssignments”onpage87
ACE 2 Management Server Setup Options
TosetupanACE2ManagementServer,youcanchooseanyofthefollowingoptions.
IfyousetupmultipleACE2ManagementServers,theymustallbethesametype.
InstalltheserveronaWindowshostsystemSeepage56foralistofsupported
Windowshostsystems.
InstalltheserveronaLinuxhostsystemSeepage56foralistofsupported
Windowshostsystems.
DownloadandconfiguretheACE2ManagementServerApplianceSee“System
RequirementsfortheACE2ManagementServer,”thenexttopic,forbasic
informationaboutthisoption.
YoucandownloadtheACE2ManagementServerappliancefromtheACE2pageand
configureitasyourACE2ManagementServer.
Avirtualapplianceisaprebuilt,preconfiguredandreadytorunsoftwareapplication
packagedwiththeoperatingsysteminsideavirtualmachine.
TheACE2Management
ServerApplianceisaselfcontained,preinstalled,
preconfiguredACE2ManagementServerpackagedwithasmalloperatingsystemin
avirtualmachine.
Bydefault,theapplianceattemptstoconfigureitsnetworkbyusingDHCP.Youcan
optionallyconfigurethenetworksettingsyourself,usingthesuppliedACE2
ManagementServer
ApplianceConfigurationandManagementWebinterface.Youcan
usethatsameinterfacetoupdatetheappliancewhenupdatesbecomeavailable.
NOTEMakesuretheclockonthehostsystemthathasACE2ManagementServer
installedorrunningtheACE2Managementserverapplianceissynchronizedwiththe
clientsystem.UseNetworkTimeProtocol(NTP)tosynchronizetheclocks.