7.2

Contents
1
Managing vRealize Automation 5
Updated Information 6
2
Managing vRealize Automation 7
Broadcast a Message on the Message Board Portlet 7
Starting Up and Shutting Down vRealize Automation 9
Start Up vRealize Automation 9
Restart vRealize Automation 10
Shut Down vRealize Automation 11
Updating vRealize Automation Certificates 11
Extracting Certificates and Private Keys 12
Replace Certificates in the vRealize Automation appliance 13
Replace the Infrastructure as a Service Certificate 15
Replace the IaaS Manager Service Certificate 17
Updating the vRealize Automation Appliance Management Site Certificate 19
Replace a Management Agent Certificate 23
Change the Polling Method for Certificates 26
Managing the vRealize Automation Postgres Appliance Database 26
Configure the Appliance Database 27
Scenario: Perform Manual vRealize Automation Appliance Database Failover 29
Scenario: Perform a Maintenance Database Failover 30
Backup and Recovery for vRealize Automation Installations 31
The Customer Experience Improvement Program 31
Join or Leave the Customer Experience Improvement Program for vRealize Automation 31
Configure Data Collection Time 32
Adjusting System Settings 33
Modify the All Services Icon in the Service Catalog 33
Customize Data Rollover Settings 34
Adjusting Settings in the Manager Service Configuration File 36
Monitoring vRealize Automation 42
Monitoring Workflows and Viewing Logs 42
Monitoring Event Logs and Services 42
Viewing Host Information for Clusters in Distributed Deployments 44
Monitoring and Managing Resources 46
Choosing a Resource Monitoring Scenario 46
Resource Usage Terminology 50
Connecting to a Cloud Machine 50
VMware, Inc.
3