6.0.1

Table Of Contents
deleting from the vCenter Server
Appliance 47
updating in the vCenter Server Appliance 46
log bundle, exporting 13
log bundles, exporting 26
log files 36
M
management network, restarting 53
Message Bus Configuration, setting up startup
settings 24
monitoring
health status, services, nodes 25
health status, vCenter Server Appliance 12
N
new local user account, vCenter Server
Appliance 45
NTP servers, adding 44
NTP-based time synchronization 44
O
overview of, vCenter Server appliance 9
P
password
changing 15, 52
updating for a local user 46
password expiry settings, changing 15
Platform Services Controller
joining to an Active Directory domain 17
leaving an Active Directory domain 19
plug-ins, vCenter Server Appliance 31
plug-ins in the vCenter Server Appliance, getting
help 31
polling, configuring in the vCenter Server
Appliance 37
proxy server, setting up for the vCenter Server
Appliance 13
R
redirecting, log files 27
S
services
monitoring in interactive mode 48
restarting 24
starting 24
startup settings 24
stopping 24
showlog plug-in 36
SNMP
configuring in the vCenter Server
Appliance 36
management software 42
SNMP agent in the vCenter Server Appliance,
configuring for polling 37
SNMP authentication, configuring in the vCenter
Server Appliance 39
SNMP configuration 36
SNMP privacy, configuring in the vCenter Server
Appliance 39
SNMP agent
clearing all traps 41
configuring for sending v1 or v2c traps 38
filtering traps 41
SNMP communities, configuring 37
SNMP settings, resetting 42
SNMP users 40
SNMP v1 and v2c, configuring in the vCenter
Server Appliance 37
SNMP v1 and v2c configuration 37
SNMP v3, configuring the vCenter Server
Appliance 38
SNMP v3 agent engine ID, configuring 39
SNMP v3 targets, configuring 41
specifying DNS settings, vCenter Server
Appliance 13, 21
SSH, enabling 53
startup settings of a service 24
startup settings, editing 24
status of a local user, changing in the vCenter
Server Appliance 46
support bundle, exporting 13, 54
support bundles 26
system configuration, editing service settings 25
SystemConfiguration.BashShellAdministrators
group, adding members 20
T
time synchronization
NTP-based 44
VMware Tools-based 43
time synchronization settings 15, 43
U
updated information 7
user roles, vCenter Server Appliance 45
V
vCenter Server Appliance
accessing the vCenter Server Appliance
Management Interface 11
adding a local user account 45
adding NTP servers 44
API commands 33
changing the email address of a user 46
changing the full name of a user 46
changing the password expiry settings 15
vCenter Server Appliance Configuration
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