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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- VMware vCenter Operations Manager Administration Guide
- Configuring and Managing vCenter Operations Manager
- Configuring Adapters
- Configuring Resources
- Configuring Attribute Packages
- Configuring Applications
- Configuring and Managing Users
- Configuring Alert Notifications
- Performing Basic System Administration Tasks
- View Performance Information
- View Status Information
- vCenter Operations Manager Service Names
- Start or Stop vCenter Operations Manager Services
- Viewing and Managing System Log Files
- Delete Old Data in the File System Database
- Run the Audit Report
- Modify Global Settings
- Modify Global Settings for Virtual Environments
- Create a Support Bundle
- Resolving Administrative System Alerts
- Analytics FSDB Overloaded
- Analytics Threshold Checking Overloaded
- Collector Is Down
- Controller Is Unable to Connect to MQ
- DataQueue Is Filling Up
- Describe Failed
- Failed to Connect to Replication MQ
- Failed to Repair Corrupted FSDB Files
- File Queue Is Full
- FSDB Files Corrupted for Resources
- FSDB Storage Drive Free Space Is Less Than 10%
- No DT Processors Connected
- One or More Resources Were Not Started
- Outbound Alert Send Failed
- Replication MQ Sender Is Blocked
- Backing Up and Recovering Data
- Backing Up and Recovering Data Components
- Backing Up and Recovering Processing Components
- Configuring the Repository Adapter
- Repository Adapter Requirements and Limitations
- Repository Adapter Configuration Steps
- Creating a Database User for the Repository Adapter
- Configure the Source Database Connection for the Repository Adapter
- Configure the Output Destination for the Repository Adapter
- Configuring the Source and Destination Columns for the Repository Adapter
- Configure Data Export Values for the Repository Adapter
- Customizing Repository Adapter Operation
- Start the Repository Adapter
- Using System Tools
- Using the Database Command Line Interface
- Index
Reorder a Dashboard
You can use the dbcli dashboard reorder command to control the order in which a dashboard appears in the
user interface.
The dashboard reorder command has the following syntax.
dashboard reorder
user-name
"
dashboard-name
" [--set rank] [--default]
user-name
Name of the user account that owns the dashboard.
dashboard-name
Name of the dashboard to reorder.
The dashboard reorder command has certain options.
Table 13-2. dashboard reorder Command Options
Option Description
--set rank Sets the dashboard order. For example, --set 1 makes the dashboard the first dashboard in the
dashboard list. If you do not specify this option, the dashboard order is not changed.
--default
Makes the dashboard the default dashboard for the specified user. The default dashboard is the
first dashboard users see when they log in.
The following dashboard reorder command makes the dashboard named MyDashboard the first dashboard
in the dashboard list and the default dashboard for the MyUser user account.
dbcli.sh dashboard reorder MyUser "MyDashboard" --set 1 --default
Delete a Dashboard
You can use the dbcli dashboard delete command to delete a dashboard.
The dashboard delete command has the following syntax.
dashboard delete
user-name
"
dashboard-name
"
user-name
Name of the user account that owns the dashboard.
dashboard-name
Name of the dashboard to delete.
The following dashboard delete command deletes the dashboard named MyDashboard that belongs to the
MyUser user account.
dbcli.sh dashboard delete MyUser "MyDashboard"
Managing Dashboard Templates
You can use dbcli commands to efficiently create, modify, and maintain dashboard templates for multiple
users and vCenter Operations Manager instances.
You can also use the Custom user interface to perform many dashboard template operations. For more
information, see the VMware vCenter Operations Manager Getting Started Guide (Custom User Interface).
Export a Dashboard Template
You can use the dbcli template export command to export a dashboard template from a
vCenter Operations Manager instance. When you export a dashboard template,
vCenter Operations Manager creates a dashboard template file in XML format.
The template export command has the following syntax.
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