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Table Of Contents
Use a Tag to Find an Application 62
Modifying Applications 63
Modifying Application Tags 64
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Configuring and Managing Users 67
Create a User Account 67
Importing LDAP Users 68
Configuring User Groups and Access Rights 72
Set Password Policies 75
Maintaining Users and User Groups 75
Run the User Audit Report 77
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Configuring Alert Notifications 79
Configuring and Modifying Alert Handler Instances 79
Configuring Email Alert Notifications 83
Modifying Email Alert Notifications 93
Configuring Mulitilevel Alert Rules 97
Configuring Hint Text for Alerts 99
Configure Alerts for vCenter Server Events 103
Retrieve Keys from the vCenter Operations Manager Database 103
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Performing Basic System Administration Tasks 105
View Performance Information 105
View Status Information 106
vCenter Operations Manager Service Names 107
Start or Stop vCenter Operations Manager Services 108
Viewing and Managing System Log Files 109
Delete Old Data in the File System Database 113
Run the Audit Report 113
Modify Global Settings 114
Modify Global Settings for Virtual Environments 115
Create a Support Bundle 117
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Resolving Administrative System Alerts 119
Analytics FSDB Overloaded 119
Analytics Threshold Checking Overloaded 120
Collector Is Down 120
Controller Is Unable to Connect to MQ 121
DataQueue Is Filling Up 122
Describe Failed 122
Failed to Connect to Replication MQ 123
Failed to Repair Corrupted FSDB Files 123
File Queue Is Full 123
FSDB Files Corrupted for Resources 124
FSDB Storage Drive Free Space Is Less Than 10% 124
No DT Processors Connected 124
One or More Resources Were Not Started 125
Outbound Alert Send Failed 125
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