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Application Discovery Manager Administration Guide
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Launching the First Boot Configuration Tool
RepeatthefollowingstepsforeachADMvirtualappliance:
1Whileselectingthevirtualappliance,poweritupbyeither:
 clickingthetoolbaricon
or
 right‐clickingandselectingPower>PowerOn
2Right‐clicktherelevantapplianceandselectOpenConsoletabtomonitorthisprocedure.
Theapplianceandrelevantservicesstartup.AWelcomemessagefortheADMfirstbootconfiguration
tool(wizard)appears.
3Tolaunchthetoolandconfiguretheinitialappliancesettings,typeyes.Thewizardasksyoutochange
thedefaultpassword.Youcanchangethedefaultpasswordbyfollowingtheinstructionsdescribedin
“ConfiguringtheRootPassword”onpage 26.
Configuring the Root Password
Performthefollowingproceduretochangetherootpassword.
User Name and Passwords
Passwordsmustcontainaminimumofeightcharactersanditisrecommendedtoincludethefollowing
charactertypes:
 numeric
 uppercase
 lowercase
 non‐alphanumericsuchas#or!
Table 3-1. Network Values
Parameter Value
NetworkIPaddress
Networknetmask
Networkgateway
DomainNameServer(DNS)
NOTE:YoucanenteruptothreeDomainNameServers
separatedbycomma.
FullyQualified(FQ)hostname
NOTETheWindowsActiveCollectorissetupasdescribedin“InstallingWindowsCollector”onpage 20and
theexternalOracledatabaseissetupasdescribedin“SettingUpOracleasanExternalDatabaseforADM”on
page 21.
N
OTEStatusofvarioustasksappearintheRecentTaskspaneonthebottomofthevSphereClientmain
screen.
N
OTEIfyoutypenofortheinitialappliancesettingsmessage,youcanruntheinitialconfigurationlaterby
runningthesystem_setupcommand.
NOTEIfyoutypenoforthechangepasswordmessage,thewizardpromptsyoutoaddnetworkinformation.
Youcanaddthenetworkinformationasdescribedin“ConfiguringStaticNetworkSettings”onpage 27.