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Table Of Contents
ADM User’s Guide
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TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstepbystepinstructionsonhowto
enablerolebasedaccesscontrol.
System
TheadministratorcanperformseveralmanagementfunctionsonanADMsystem.Toperformthefollowing
functions,navigatetoManage>System:
SelfTest:Performsinternaltestsanddetectserrors.
SystemReboot:RebootstheADMappliance.
SystemLog:Displaysthesystemlogfile,whichshowsthetimeofeachevent,logmessage,andseverity.
DeleteAllSystemLogs:Deletesallthesystemlogfiles.
AgingLog:Displaystheaginglogfiles,whichshowsthetimeofeachevent,logmessage,andseverity.
DeleteAllAgingLogs:Deletesalltheaginglogfiles.
SupportPackageList:Displaysthelistofallcreatedsupportpackages.
CreateProductSupportPackage:Createsaproductsupportpackageandaddsittothelistofsupport
packages.
MailConfiguration:Setsyourmailserverandaddress.
ActiveProbesConfiguration:Configuresactiveprobes.VMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManager
AdministrationGuideprovidesinformationaboutaddingandconfiguringanactiveprobe.
AdvancedConfiguration:Parsesconfigurationfiles.UseonlywhenanITComplianceAnalyzer‐
ApplicationEdition(ITCAAE)applianceisconnectedtoADM.
Update:UpdatescanbedonethroughthecommandlineinterfaceusingtheADMAppliancePlatform.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerAdministrationGuideprovidesmoreinformationabout
updatingADMusingADMAppliancePlatform.
RestartDiscovery:Restartsthediscoveryprocess.
ActiveDirectoryConfiguration:AllowsADMtoauthorizeandauthenticateuserscreatedinMicrosoft
WindowsServer2003ActiveDirectoryandMicrosoftWindowsServer2008ActiveDirectory.
Licensing:Displayslicenseinformationandallowsyoutouploadanewlicense.
TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerOnlineHelpprovidesstepbystepinstructionsonhowto
performtheseactions.
Licensing
YoumusthaveanADMlicensetoinitiatediscoveryprocess.
To view existing licenses
1FromtheADMconsole,navigatetoManage>System.
2IntheActionsleftpane,clickLicensingtodisplaytheLicensepropertiespage.
Thefollowingdetailsaredisplayedforexistinglicenses:
LicenseFeature:Thetypeoflicense.
AmountLicensed:Thenumberofserversregisteredinthelicense.
AmountUsed:Thenumberofserversalreadydiscovered.
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MPORTANTOnlytheAdministratorcanviewanduploadthelicensefromtheManagetab.