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Chapter 6 Managing ACE Instances
3 Supplythelogininformation.
Usethefollowinginformationtohelpyoucompletethefieldsthatappearinthis
window:
UserNameandPasswordIfahelpdeskrolewascreated,entercredentials
forthatrole.Otherwise,entercredentialsforadministeringtheACE
ManagementServer.
DomainInmultidomainenvironments,youmightberequiredtoentera
domain(forexample,eng.com).
TheVMwareACEHelpDeskopenstheInstancespage,whichcontainsasummary
tableofalltheinstancesthattheservermanages.
Use the Instance View in Workstation
ACEadministratorscanaccessACEinstancesthroughtheinstanceview.Youcanuse
theinstanceviewtoreactivateaninstance,changetheinstance’sexpirationdate,and
resetauserpasswordifitislostorforgotten.
TheinstanceviewinWorkstationenablesyoutoperformallthetasksavailableinthe
VMwareACEHelpDeskandafewmoretasks.Intheinstanceview,youcancreate
customcolumnsandsavethesearchesyoucreate.
Youmusthaveadministratorcredentialstousetheinstanceview.
Aninstancehasoneofthefollowingstatustypes:
TheValidFromandValidUntilcolumnsindicatethe
periodthattheinstanceisvalid.
TheinstanceexpiresaftertheValid Untildate.Ifnoexpirationdateissetforthe
instance,thosecolumnsareempty.
Active Theinstanceisactiveandavailableforimmediateuse.
Deactivated Thisinstancewaspurposelydeactivated.Youmust
reactivateittomakeitusableagain.
Blocked
by
policies
Theinstanceisstillactivebutisblocked(cannotberun)
becauseofaviolationofapolicysuchasexpirationdate
orcopyprotection.Fordetails,viewtheserverlogfor
thatinstance.