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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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Index
A
adding target servers 17
addserver command 28
authentication component 8
authentication prerequisites 12
C
configuring vMA 16
D
deleting vMA 23
deploying vMA 13
DNS resolution 24
E
ESXi systems, vMA target 18
example sequence 32
H
hardware prerequisites 12
host name 14
I
initialization 27
J
Java JRE 8
L
listservers command 31
localhost 20
M
modifying scripts 20
multiple target servers 19
N
name change 17, 18
network configuration 13
network setup 13
P
passwords
ESXi hosts 12
vCenter Server systems 12
proc nodes 20
R
removeservers command 29
removing target servers 20
root user account 12
rotatepassword command 30
rotatepassword example 31
S
scripts, modifying 20
shutting down vMA 23
storage required for vMA 12
sudo 12
T
target servers
commands 28
multiple 19
name change 17, 18
removing 20
single 17
technical support resources 6
troubleshooting vMA 24
U
user account
privileges 16
V
vCenter Server systems, vMA target 17
VI CLI
vifptarget 27
vifs 20
without vi-fastpass 19
vi-admin
privileges 16
setting password 14
vi-fastpass
initialization 27
overview 8
vifp addserver 28
vifp listservers 31
vifp removeserver 29
vifp rotatepassword 30
vifp target management 28
vifptarget command 27
vifs command 20