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Updated Information 5
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Managing vRealize Automation 6
Starting Up and Shutting Down vRealize Automation 6
Start Up vRealize Automation 6
Restart vRealize Automation 7
Shut Down vRealize Automation 8
Updating vRealize Automation Certificates 9
Extracting Certificates and Private Keys 10
Replace Certificates in the vRealize Automation appliance 10
Replace the Infrastructure as a Service Certificate 12
Replace the IaaS Manager Service Certificate 14
Updating the vRealize Automation Appliance Management Site Certificate 16
Replace a Management Agent Certificate 20
Managing the vRealize Automation Postgres Appliance Database 23
Configure the Appliance Database 23
Perform Manual vRealize Automation Appliance Database Failover 25
Scenario: Perform a Maintenance Database Failover 26
Backup and Recovery for vRealize Automation Installations 27
Configuring the Customer Experience Improvement Program for vRealize Automation 27
Join or Leave the VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program for
vRealize Automation 27
Configure Data Collection Time 28
Adjusting System Settings 29
Customize Data Rollover Settings 29
Adjusting Settings in the Manager Service Configuration File 30
Monitoring vRealize Automation 35
Monitoring Workflows and Viewing Logs 35
Monitoring Event Logs and Services 36
Viewing Host Information for Clusters in Distributed Deployments 37
Monitoring and Managing Resources 39
Choosing a Resource Monitoring Scenario 39
Resource Usage Terminology 43
Connecting to a Cloud Machine 44
Reducing Reservation Usage by Attrition 46
Decommissioning a Storage Path 47
Data Collection 48
Understanding vSwap Allocation Checking for vCenter Server Endpoints 51
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