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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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vifp reconfigure
Reconfigurestargetsystems.ThiscanbedonetochangeauthenticationpolicyortheconfiguredActive
Directoryuser.
Usage
reconfigure <server>
[--authpolicy <fpauth | adauth>]
[--protocol <http | https>]
[--portnumber <portnum>]
[--servicepath <servicepath>]
[--username <username>]
[--password <password>]
Description
Youcanusethiscommandtoreconfiguretheauthenticationpolicyortheusers.Thiscommandcanberunonly
byadministrators.
Options
Target Management Example Sequence
ThefollowingsequenceofcommandsaddsanESXihost,listsservers,runsvifptargettoenablevi‐fastpass,
runsavSphereCLIcommand,andremovestheESXihost.
vifp addserver server1.company.com
root@server1.company.com’s password: <password, not echoed to screen>
vifp listservers
server1.company.com ESX
vifptarget --set server1.company.com
esxcli storage core path list
cdrom vmhba0:1:0 (0MB has 1 paths and policy of fixed
Local 0:7:1 vmhba0:1:0 On active preferred
.....
vifp removeserver server1.company.com
root@server1.company.com’s password: <password, not echoed to screen>
Option Description
server NameorIPaddressoftheESXihostorthevCenterServersystemtobereconfigured.
authpolicy IndicatesifthetargetusesthefastpassauthenticationortheActiveDirectory
authentication.Thedefaultvalueisfpauth.
protocol Connectionprotocol.HTTPSbydefault.
portnumber Connectionportnumberof
thetargetserver.Thedefaultis443.
servicepath ServicepathURLofthetargetserver.Thedefaultis/sdk.
username Userwhoconnectstothetargetserver.
Ifthetargetserv erpointstoanESXihost,thedefaultisroot.Theusermusthave
superuserprivilegesonthetargetserver.
Ifthe
targetserverpointstoavCenterServersystem,thedefaultuseristheone
configuredforthevCentersystemintheprevioussession.Forexample,ifvCenterwas
addedorreconfiguredwiththeusernameadministratorintheprevioussession,the
defaultuserforthevifp reconfigurecommandisadministrator.
password Password
oftheuserspecifiedbyusername.