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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
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Usage
vifp removeserver
<server>
[--protocol <http | https>]
[--portnumber <portnum>]
[--servicepath <servicepath>]
[--username <username>]
[--password <password>]
[--force]
Description
Runvifp removeserverforeachvMAtargetbeforeyoudeletethevMAinstance.Ifyoudonotrunvifp
removeserver,thevi‐userandvi‐adminusersremainonthetargetserver.IfyoulaterthisservertovMA,
vMAcreatestwomoreaccountsonthisserver.Runvifp removeservertoavoid
havingmultipleusers
createdbyvMAoneachtargetserver.
Options
Examples
vifp removeserver <vCenter_Address>
RemovesavCenterServersystem.Youarenotpromptedforapassword.
vifp removeserver <esxi_Address>
RemovesanESXihost.
vifp rotatepassword
Specifiesvi‐adminandvi‐userpasswordrotationparameters.
Usage
vifp rotatepassword
[--now [--server <server>] |
--never |
--days <days>]
Description
vMAchangespasswordsforvi‐adminandvi‐userbothinthelocalcredentialstoreandonthetargetserver.
vMAattemptsthepasswordrotationatmidnight.
Ifoneormoreofthetargetserversisdown whenvMAattemptspasswordrotation,vMArepeatstheattempt
thenextdayat
midnight.
Option Description
server NameorIPaddressoftheESXihostorthevCenterServersystemtoremove.
protocol Connectionprotocol.HTTPSbydefault.
portnumber Connectionportnumberofthetargetserver.Thedefaultis443.
servicepath ServicepathURLofthetargetserver.Thedefaultis/sdk.
username Userwhoconnectstothe
targetserver.
ForESXihosts,thedefaultisrootandtheusermusthavesuperuserprivilegesonthetarget
server.
password Passwordoftheuserspecifiedby--username.Usethepasswordyouusedwhenaddingthe
server.
force Forcesremovaloftheserver.
IMPORTANTThiscommandappliesonlytoESXitargetserverswiththefpauthauthenticationpolicy.You
cannotrotatepasswordsfortargetswithadauthauthenticationpolicyandforvCenterServertargets.