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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
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Viewing and Changing Licensing Information
AfteryouenteranACEManagementServerserialnumber,usetheLicensingtabto
determinetheexpirationdate,ifany.
Theserialnumberisontheregistrationcardinyourpackage.Ifyoupurchased
VMwareACEonline,theserialnumberissentbyemail.
Ifthesystemonwhichyouinstalled
ACEManagementServercurrentlyhasmorethan
onevalidserverlicense,justonelicenseappearsonthepage.
YoucanusetheLicensingtabtoaddorchangeaserialnumber,username,orcompany
name.
Ifyoumakechangestotheinformationonthistab,youmustclickApplyor
Cancel
beforeyoucannavigatetoanothertab.
Using an External Database
TheembeddeddatabaseisanSQLitedatabase.VMwarerecommendsthatyouusean
externaldatabaseinproductionenvironments.
Theembeddeddatabaseisinitializedduringserverinstallationandrequiresnospecial
configuration.Thisdatabaseisadequatefortestingpurposesbutisnotdesignedtobe
effectivelysharedacrossmultipleprocesses.
Beforeyoucan
configuretheACEManagementServertouseanexternaldatabase,you
mustcreateasystemDSNandcredentialsforaccessingthatdatasource.See“SetUp
anExternalDatabase”onpage 39.
UsethefollowinginformationtohelpyoucompletethefieldsontheDatabasetab:
DataSourceName(DSN)–Datasourcenameyouusedwhenyoucreateda
systemDSNentryontheACEManagementServermachine.
UserNameandPassword–Credentialsforauseraccountthathasfullaccessto
thedatabase,includingrightstocreatetables.
Afteryouenterthedatabaseconnectioncredentials,thesetupapplicationchecks
foranexistingdatabase.
CAUTIONAfteryouentercredentials,ifthemessageCompatible schema exists.
Do you want to reinitialize the schema and overwrite the existing data?
appears,selectUseexistingschemaanddataunlessyouwanttoerasealldatainyour
existingdatabase.Toreinitializethedatabaseatsomelatertime,youcanreopenthis
configurationapplicationandreturntothispage.