2.5
Table Of Contents
- ACE Management Server Administrator’s Manual
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Planning an ACE Management Server Deployment
- Installing and Configuring ACE Management Server
- Configuration Options for ACE Management Server
- Prerequisites for Configuring the Server
- Starting ACE Management Server Configuration
- Viewing and Changing Licensing Information
- Using an External Database
- Creating Access Control
- Uploading Custom SSL Certificates
- Logging Events
- Applying Configuration Settings
- Load-Balancing Multiple ACE Management Server Instances
- Typical Setup Using Load-Balanced ACE Management Server Instances
- Install the Required Services for Load Balancing
- Use the Same SSL Certificate on All Servers
- Create New SSL Certificates and Keys for Each Server
- Installing and Configuring the Load Balancer
- Verify That ACE Instances Are Using the Load Balancer
- Managing ACE Instances
- Viewing ACE Instances That the Server Manages
- Search for an Instance
- Sort by Column Heading and Change Column Width
- Show, Hide, and Move Columns in the Instance View
- Create or Delete Custom Columns in the Instance View
- View Instance Details
- Reactivate, Deactivate, or Delete an ACE Instance
- Change a Copy Protection ID
- Reset the Authentication Password
- Add Information for Custom Columns
- Troubleshooting and Maintenance
- Appendix: Database Schema and Audit Event Log Data
- Glossary
- Index
ACE Management Server Administrator’s Manual
18 VMware, Inc.
Database Throughput and Scalability
Forproductiondeployments,VMwarerecommendsthatyouuseOracle,MS‐SQL,or
Postgresasyourdatabaseplatform.
Morethan95percentofthestoragespacethatanACEManagementServerrequiresis
usedtologeventinformation,whichisanaudittrailofalltransactionsperformed
throughACEManagementServer.Table 2
‐2listsrecommendeddatabasesizesbased
onthenumberofclientsbeingserved.
Thefiguresinthetablearebasedona90‐daydatabasearchivalperiod.Backupthe
databaserecordsevery90daysandkeepeventlogsfor90days.YoucanconfigureACE
ManagementServertopurgeevent
logsevery90days.
Theauthenticationeventgeneratesmostofthedatabecauseaneventisgenerated
everytimesomeoneattemptstoauthenticatetoACEManagementServer.Youcan
configureACEManagementServertologlesseventinformation.See“LoggingEvents”
onpage 49.
LDAP Throughput
ACEManagementServercancommunicatewithyourActiveDirectorydomain
controllertoauthenticateusercredentials.Yourdomaincontrollerinfrastructure
handlestheLDAPtrafficrequiredtosupportthenumberofclientsthatyouanticipate.
IntegratingwithActiveDirectorythroughLDAPisimplementeddifferentlyinthe
WindowsACEManagementServerthaninthe
Linux‐basedACEManagementServer.
TheWindowsACEManagementServerusestheWinLDAPlibrarybundledwithyour
Windowsoperatingsystem.TheLinuxACEManagementServerusesathird‐party
KerberosLibraryandOpenSSL.VMwareinternaltestingresultsindicatethatthe
WindowsimplementationprovidesbetterperformancethanLinux.
Table 2-2. Database Storage Recommendations
Number of Clients Recommended Database Size
100 50Mb
1,000 500Mb
10,000 5,000Mb