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Configuring and Managing Users 61
Create a User Account 61
Importing LDAP Users 62
Configuring User Groups and Access Rights 66
Set Password Policies 68
Maintaining Users and User Groups 69
Run the User Audit Report 70
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Configuring Alert Notifications 71
Configuring and Modifying Alert Handler Instances 71
Configuring Email Alert Notifications 75
Modifying Email Alert Notifications 79
emailFilter.xml File 82
Email Template File Format 87
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Performing Basic System Administration Tasks 89
View vCenter Operations Manager Performance Information 89
View vCenter Operations Manager Status Information 90
Start or Stop vCenter Operations Manager Services 91
Viewing and Managing System Log Files 93
Delete Old Data in the File System Database 96
Run the Audit Report 97
Modify Global Settings 98
Modify Global Settings for Virtual Environments 99
Create a Support Bundle 101
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Resolving Administrative System Alerts 103
Analytics FSDB Overloaded 103
Analytics Threshold Checking Overloaded 104
Collector Is Down 104
Controller Is Unable to Connect to MQ 105
DataQueue Is Filling Up 106
Describe Failed 106
Failed to Repair Corrupted FSDB Files 107
File Queue Is Full 107
FSDB Files Corrupted for Resources 107
FSDB Storage Drive Free Space Is Less Than 10% 108
No DT Processors Connected 108
One or More Resources Were Not Started 108
Outbound Alert Send Failed 109
Replication MQ Sender Is Blocked 109
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Backing Up and Recovering Data 111
Backing Up and Recovering Data Components 111
Backing Up and Recovering Processing Components 117
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