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YoushouldhavesomeexperiencesettingupaLinuxsystemandworkinginaLinuxenvironment.This
chapterexplainshowtodeployandconfigurevMA,howtoaddandremovetargetservers,andhowto
prepareandrunscripts.Thechapteralsoincludestroubleshootinginformation.
ReadChapter 1,“IntroductiontovMA,”on
page 7forbackgroundinformationonvMAfunctionalityand
availablevMAcomponents.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
 “HardwareRequirements”onpage 12
 “SoftwareRequirements”onpage 12
 “RequiredAuthenticationInformation”onpage 12
 “DeployvMA”onpage 13
 “ConfigurevMAatFirstBoot”onpage 13
 “vMAConsoleandWebUI”onpage 14
 “ConfigurevMAforActiveDirectoryAuthentication”onpage 14
 “ConfigureUnattendedAuthenticationforActiveDirectoryTargets”onpage 15
 “Enablethevi‐userAccount”onpage 16
 “vMAUserAccountPrivileges”onpage 16
 “A d d TargetServerstovMA”onpage 17
 “RunningvSphereCLIfortheTargets”onpage 19
 “ReconfigureaTargetServer”onpage 19
 “RemoveTargetServersfromvMA”onpage 20
 “ModifyingScripts”onpage 20
 “ConfigurevMAtoUseaStaticIPAddress”onpage 21
 “ConfigurevMAtoUseaDHCPServer”onpage 22
 “SettingtheTimeZone”onpage 22
 “ShutDownvMA”onpage 23
 “DeletevMA”onpage 23
 “TroubleshootingvMA”onpage 24
Getting Started with vMA
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IMPORTANTYoucannotupgradeapreviousversionofvMAtovMA5.0.YoumustinstallafreshvMA5.0
instance.