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Managing vRealize Automation 5
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Maintaining and Customizing vRealize Automation Components and Options 6
Broadcast a Message on the Message Board Portlet 6
Create a Message Board Portlet URL Whitelist 8
Starting Up and Shutting Down vRealize Automation 8
Start Up vRealize Automation 9
Restart vRealize Automation 10
Shut Down vRealize Automation 11
Updating vRealize Automation Certificates 12
Extracting Certificates and Private Keys 13
Replace Certificates in the vRealize Automation Appliance 13
Replace the Infrastructure as a Service Certificate 16
Replace the IaaS Manager Service Certificate 18
Update Embedded vRealize Orchestrator to Trust vRealize Automation Certificates 19
Update External vRealize Orchestrator to Trust vRealize Automation Certificates 21
Updating the vRealize Automation Appliance Management Site Certificate 22
Replace a Management Agent Certificate 26
Change the Polling Method for Certificates 29
Managing the vRealize Automation Postgres Appliance Database 29
Configure the Appliance Database 31
Scenario: Perform Manual vRealize Automation Appliance Database Failover 32
Scenario: Perform a Maintenance Database Failover 34
Manually Recover Appliance Database from Catastrophic Failure 35
Backup and Recovery for vRealize Automation Installations 37
The Customer Experience Improvement Program 37
Join or Leave the Customer Experience Improvement Program for vRealize Automation 37
Configure Data Collection Time 38
Adjusting System Settings 38
Modify the All Services Icon in the Service Catalog 38
Customize Data Rollover Settings 40
Adjusting Settings in the Manager Service Configuration File 41
Monitoring vRealize Automation 46
Monitoring Workflows and Viewing Logs 46
Monitoring Event Logs and Services 47
Using vRealize Automation Audit Logging 48
Viewing Host Information for Clusters in Distributed Deployments 50
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