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Commands for Replacing SSL Certificates on page 51
Use the certificates command of the cell management tool to replace the cell's SSL certificates.
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Commands for Generating Self-Signed SSL Certificates on page 52
Use the generate-certs command of the cell management tool to generate new self-signed SSL
certificates for the cell.
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Recovering the System Administrator Password on page 53
If you know the vCloud Director database username and password, you can use the
recover-password command of the cell management tool to recover the vCloud Director system
administrator password.
Commands for Managing a Cell
Use the cell command of the cell management tool to suspend the task scheduler so that new tasks cannot
be started, to check the status of active tasks, to control cell maintenance mode, and to shut down the cell
gracefully.
To manage a cell, use a command line with the following form:
cell-management-tool -u sysadmin-username -p sysadmin-password cell command
sysadmin-username
Username of a vCloud Director system administrator.
sysadmin-password
Password of the vCloud Director system administrator.
NOTE You can supply the vCloud Director system administrator password
on the cell-management-tool command line, but it is more secure to omit the
password. This causes the cell-management-tool to prompt for the
password, which it does not display on the screen as you type.
command
cell subcommand.
Table 5‑1. Cell Management Tool Options and Arguments, cell Subcommand
Command Argument Description
--help (-h)
None Provides a summary of available
commands in this category.
--maintenance (-m) true or false
Controls cell maintenance mode.
The argument true puts the cell
into maintenance mode. (You must
quiesce the cell first.) The
argument false releases the cell
from maintenance mode.
--quiesce (-q) true or false
Quiesces activity on the cell. The
argument true suspends the
scheduler. The argument false
restarts the scheduler.
--shutdown (-s)
None Shuts down vCloud Director
services on the server.
--status (-t)
None Displays information about the
number of jobs running on the cell
and the status of the cell.
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