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ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10.1

Overview of ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere maintenance console

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You can manage your application, system, and network configurations by using the maintenance console of ONTAP tools. You can change your administrator password and maintenance password. You can also generate support bundles, set different log levels, view and manage TLS configurations, and start remote diagnostics.

You should have VMware tools installed after deploying ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere to access the maintenance console. You should use maint as the username and the password you configured during deployment to log in to the maintenance console of ONTAP tools. You should use nano for editing the files in maintenance or root login console.

Note You should set a password for the diag user while enabling remote diagnostics.

You should use the Summary tab of your deployed ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere to access the maintenance console. When you click Play button, the maintenance console starts.

Console Menu

Options

Application Configuration

  1. Display server status summary

  2. Change LOG level for VASA Provider Services and SRA Services

  3. Disable AutoSupport

System Configuration

  1. Reboot virtual machine

  2. Shutdown virtual machine

  3. Generate token to reset manager UI password

  4. Change time zone

  5. Add new NTP server

  6. Increase jail disk size (/jail)

  7. Upgrade

  8. Install VMware Tools

Network Configuration

  1. Display IP address settings

  2. Display domain name search settings

  3. Change domain name search settings

  4. Display static routes

  5. Change static routes

  6. Commit changes

  7. Ping a host

  8. Restore default settings

Support and Diagnostics

  1. Access diagnostic shell

  2. Enable remote diagnostic access