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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 6 Managing ACE Instances
To use the instance view in Workstation
1FromtheWorkstationmenubar,chooseFile>ConnecttoACEManagementServer.
2SpecifythefullyqualifiedhostnameortheIPaddressandclickOK.
Inmostcases,thedefaultportnumberdoesnotneedtobechanged.
3Completetheloginwindow.
Usethefollowinginformationtohelpyoucomplete
thefieldsthatappearinthiswindow:
UserNameandPassword–EntercredentialsforadministeringtheACEManagementServer.
Domain–Inmulti‐domainenvironments,youmightberequiredtoenteradomain(forexample,
eng.com).
Search for an Instance
YoucanusethesearchfunctiontoquerytheACEManagementServ erdatabaseforoneormoreparticular
ACEinstances.SearchcriteriaarejoinedwithAND,notOR,operations.
Beforeyoubegin,dooneofthefollowing:
LogintotheVMwareACEHelpDeskforanACEManagementServer.
ConnecttoanACEManagementServerfromtheWorkstationwindow.
To search for an ACE instance
1ClickSearchandspecifythecriteriatobeincludedwhenthedatabaseisqueried.
Usethefollowinginformationtohelpyouspecifysearchcriteria:
ActivatedBy–Activationmethod,suchaspassword,ActiveDirectoryuser,oractivationkey.Ifno
suchactivationmethodexists,N/Aappearsinthecolumn.
ACEVMName–NameoftheACE‐enabledvirtualmachinefromwhichtheACEinstancewas
created.
GuestName–(ForWindowsguestsonly)Computernameresolvedontheuser’smachineduring
instancecustomization,ifyouusethatfeature.The NetBIOSnameisreportedhere,anditisa
maximumof15characterslong.Eveniftheactualcomputernamecontainsmorecharacters,thename
alwaysappearsasthe
NetBIOSname.
Customcolumns–CustomcolumnsthatyoucreatedappeardirectlybelowtheGuestMACAddress
criterion.
Exactmatchonly–Valuesarecase‐sensitive.
Saveas–(AvailableintheWorkstationinstanceviewonly)Savedsearchesarespecifictoeachserver.
YoucaneditordeleteyoursavedsearchesbyselectingthenameofasavedsearchintheSaved
Searchesdrop‐downmenuandclickingOptions.
2ClickSearch.
Inthesearchresults,the
totalnumberofinstancesappearsjustbelowthetable.
3Tonavigatethroughalargenumberofresults,dooneofthefollowing:
IntheVMwareACEHelpDesk,clickthepreviousandnextarrowsattherightofthestatusbaratthe
bottomoftheInstancestable.
IntheinstanceviewinWorkstation,scrolldown.
4Toreturntothefulllist,dooneofthefollowing:
IntheVMwareACEHelpDesk,clicktheBacktoallinstanceslink,locatedbelowtheSearchbutton.
IntheinstanceviewinWorkstation,clickClearSearch.