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SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere 6.0

Access the maintenance console

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You can manage your application, system, and network configurations using the maintenance console for SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere. You can change your administrator password, maintenance password, generate support bundles, and start remote diagnostics.

Before you begin

Before stopping and restarting SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere service, you should suspend all schedules.

About this task

  • In SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere 4.6P1, you must specify a password when you first install SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere. If you upgrade from release 4.6 or earlier to release 4.6P1 or later, the earlier default password is accepted.

  • You must set a password for the “diag” user while enabling remote diagnostics.

    To obtain the root user permission to execute the command, use the sudo <command>.

Steps

  1. From the VMware vSphere client, select the VM where SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere is located.

  2. In the Summary tab of the virtual appliance click Launch Remote Console to open a maintenance console window.

    Log in using the default maintenance console username maint and password that you have set at the time of installation.

    Maintenance console window

  3. You can perform the following operations:

    • Option 1: Application Configuration

      Display a summary of SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
      Start or stop SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere service
      Change login username or password for SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
      Change MySQL password
      Backup and restore MySQL, configure and list MySQL backups

    • Option 2: System Configuration

      Reboot virtual machine
      Shut down virtual machine
      Change 'maint' user password
      Change time zone
      Change NTP server
      Enable SSH access
      Increase jail disk size (/jail)
      Upgrade
      Install VMware Tools
      Generate MFA Token

      Note MFA is always enabled, you cannot disable MFA.

    • Option 3: Network Configuration

      Display or change IP address settings
      Display or change domain name search settings
      Display or change static routes
      Commit changes
      Ping a host

    • Option 4: Support and Diagnostics

      Generate support bundle
      Access diagnostic shell
      Enable remote diagnostic access
      Generate core dump bundle