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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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Chapter 4 Configuration Options for ACE Management Server
ThetextthatappearsontheStarttabchanges,dependingonwhetheryouhavedoneaninitialconfiguration:
IfthispagesaysThisserverhasnotbeenconfiguredyet,youmustclickStarttocompletethe
configurationsetupwizard.
IfthispagesaysThisserverisconfigured,theNextandPreviouswizardbuttonsdonotappear.Youcan
navigatetoothertabsbyclickingatab.
Viewing and Changing Licensing Information
AfteryouenteranACEManagementServerserialnumber,usetheLicensingtabtodeterminetheexpiration
date,ifany.
Theserialnumberisontheregistrationcardinyourpackage.IfyoupurchasedVMwareACEonline,theserial
numberissentbyemail.
Ifthesystemonwhichyouinstalled
ACEManagementServercurrentlyhasmorethanonevalidserver
license,justonelicenseappearsonthepage.
YoucanusetheLicensingtabtoaddorchangeaserialnumber,username,orcompanyname.
Ifyoumakechangestotheinformationonthistab,youmustclickApplyor
Cancelbeforeyoucannavigate
toanothertab.
Using an External Database
TheembeddeddatabaseisanSQLitedatabase.VMwarerecommendsthatyouuseanexternaldatabasein
productionenvironments.
Theembeddeddatabaseisinitializedduringserverinstallationandrequiresnospecialconfiguration.This
databaseisadequatefortestingpurposesbutisnotdesignedtobeeffectivelysharedacrossmultiple
processes.
Beforeyoucan
configuretheACEManagementServertouseanexternaldatabase,youmustcreateasystem
DSNandcredentialsforaccessingthatdatasource.See“SetUpanExternalDatabase”onpage 30.
UsethefollowinginformationtohelpyoucompletethefieldsontheDatabasetab:
DataSourceName(DSN)–DatasourcenameyouusedwhenyoucreatedasystemDSNentryonthe
ACEManagementServermachine.
UserNameandPassword–Credentialsforauseraccountthathasfullaccesstothedatabase,including
rightstocreatetables.
Afteryouenterthedatabaseconnectioncredentials,thesetupapplicationchecksforanexistingdatabase.
Iftheexistingschemaisnotcompatible,noschemaisavailableortheschemacannot
beupgraded.Ifyou
overwritetheexistingschemaanddata,anewschemaiscreated.If youdonotoverwritetheexistingschema
anddata,theconfigurationapplicationquits.
Ifyouareupgradingtheserverfromthepreviousrelease,thedatabaseschemaisupgradedautomaticallyand
youdonotloseyourprevious
data.Theupgradeisperformedonthefirststartoftheupgradedserver,even
ifyoudonotrerunthesetupapplication.
IfyoumakechangestotheinformationontheDatabasetab,youmustclickApplyorCancelbeforeyoucan
navigatetoanothertab.
CAUTIONAfteryouentercredentials,ifthemessageCompatible schema exists. Do you want to
reinitialize the schema and overwrite the existing data?appears,selectUseexistingschema
anddataunlessyouwanttoerasealldatainyourexistingdatabase.Toreinitializethedatabaseatsomelater
time,youcanreopenthisconfigurationapplicationandreturntothispage.