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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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ThischapterprovidesguidelinesfordeployingVMwareACEManagementServerinstances,including
capacityplanningandbestpractices.Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“DeploymentComponents”onpage 13
“PerformingCapacityPlanning”onpage 15
“SecurityFeaturesandConsiderations”onpage 17
“A c c e s s i n g ACEManagementServerfromOutsidetheCorporateFirewall”onpage 19
“DeploymentPlanningWorksheet”onpage 19
Deployment Components
AtypicalACEManagementServerdeploymenthasthefollowingcomponents:
OneormoreACEManagementServerinstances–Configuringmultipleserverstousethesame
databaseincreasesthenumberofACEclientsyoucanmanageandguaranteeshighavailability.
Databaseserver–Forproductiondeployments,VMwarerecommendsOracleDatabase 10gorMS‐SQL
forACEManagementServerinstalledonaWindowshost,andPostgresforACEManagementServer
installedonaLinuxhost.
(Optional)ActiveDirectorydomaincontroller–ToenabletheACEManagementServerActive
Directoryintegration,youmustconfigureACEManagementServertocommunicatewithyourdomain
controller.
(Optional)HTTPloadbalancer–UsealoadbalancertohelpscalethecapacityofyourACEManagement
Serverdeployment.
(Optional)HTTPproxy–IfclientswillaccessACEManagementServerfromoutsidethecorporate
firewall,VMwarerecommendsusinganHTTPSproxyintheDMZ.YoucanuseACEManagementServer
withApacheProxyandZeusTechnologyLoadBalancer.
ForanexampleofanACEManagementServerdeployment,seeFigure 2‐1.
Planning an ACE Management Server
Deployment
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