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Table Of Contents
- vSphere Management Assistant Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction to vMA
- Getting Started with vMA
- Hardware Requirements
- Software Requirements
- Required Authentication Information
- Deploy vMA
- Configure vMA at First Boot
- vMA Console and Web UI
- Configure vMA for Active Directory Authentication
- Configure Unattended Authentication for Active Directory Targets
- Enable the vi-user Account
- vMA User Account Privileges
- Add Target Servers to vMA
- Running vSphere CLI for the Targets
- Reconfigure a Target Server
- Remove Target Servers from vMA
- Modifying Scripts
- Configure vMA to Use a Static IP Address
- Configure vMA to Use a DHCP Server
- Setting the Time Zone
- Shut Down vMA
- Delete vMA
- Troubleshooting vMA
- Update vMA
- Configure Automatic vMA Updates
- vMA Interfaces
- Index
vSphere Management Assistant Guide
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4Whenprompted,specifyahostnameforvMA.
Thenamecancontain64alphanumericcharacters.YoucanchangethevMAhostnamelaterbymodifying
the/etc/HOSTNAME and/etc/hostsfiles,asyouwouldforaLinuxhost.YoucanalsousethevMA
consoletochangethehostname.
Fora
DHCPconfiguration,thehostnameisobtainedfromtheDNSserver.
5Whenprompted,specifyapasswordforthevi‐adminuser.
Ifpromptedforanoldpassword,pressEnterandcontinue.
ThenewpasswordmustconformtothevMApassword policy.Thepasswordmusthaveatleast:
Eightcharacters
Oneuppercasecharacter
Onelowercasecharacter
Onenumeralcharacter
Onesymbolsuchas#,$
Youcanlaterchangethepasswordforthevi‐adminuserusingtheLinuxpasswdcommand.
Thisuserhasrootprivileges.
vMAisnowconfiguredandthevMAconsoleappears.TheconsoledisplaystheURLfromwhichyoucan
accesstheWebUI.
vMA Console and Web UI
vMAprovidestwointerfaces,theconsole,whichisacommand‐lineinterfaceandthebrowser‐basedWebUI.
Fromtheconsole,youcandothefollowingtasks:
Loginasvi‐admin
AddserverstovMA
RuncommandsfromthevMAconsole
Configurethenetworksettingsandproxyserversettings
Configurethetimezonesettings.
ThewebUIenablesyoutodothefollowingtasks:
Loginasvi‐admin
Configurethenetworksettingsandproxyserversettings
Configurethetimezonesettings.
UpdatevMA
Configure vMA for Active Directory Authentication
ConfigurevMAforActiveDirectoryauthenticationsothatESXihostsandvCenterServersystemsaddedto
ActiveDirectorycanbeaddedtovMAwithouthavingtostorethepasswordsinvMA’scredentialstore.This
isamoresecurewayofaddingtargetstovMA.
EnsurethattheDNSserverconfiguredfor
vMAisthesameastheDNSserverofthedomain.Youcanchange
theDNSserverbyusingthevMAConsoleortheWebUI.
EnsurethatthedomainisaccessiblefromvMA.Also,ensurethatyoucanpingtheESXiandvCenterserver
systemsthatyouwanttoadd
tovMAandthatpingingresolvestheIPaddressto
<targetservername.domainname>,wheredomainnameisthedomaintowhichvMAistobeadded.