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Home / Computer Identity Management / Current: Managing VMWare VCenter Instances |
The EmpowerID VMWare connector allows organizations to manage the Virtual Machines, ESX servers, and templates hosted in their VMWare VCenters. These management actions include the following:
- Start - This action powers on or awakens any targeted machines currently powered off or in a suspended state and marks those machines as running.
- Stop - This action powers off any targeted machines currently running and marks those machines as stopped.
- Reboot - This actions reboots the guest OS on any targeted machines. The targeted machines must be running for this action to have effect.
- Shutdown - This action shuts down the guest OS on any targeted machines. The targeted machines must be running for this action to have effect.
- Suspend - This action suspends any targeted machines. The targeted machines must be running for this action to have effect.
- Unregister - This action removes the virtual machine from EmpowerID's inventory. The targeted machine must be powered off for this action to have effect. If the machine is running, an exception occurs.
- Reset - This action resets power on any targeted machines. The targeted machines must be running in an unsuspended state for this action to have effect.
- Create Snapshot - This action creates a new snapshot of any targeted machines.
- Revert Virtual Machine to Current Snapshot - This action reverts any targeted machines to the most current snapshot. The targeted machine must have a current snapshot for this action to have effect. If the machine does not have a current snapshot, an exception occurs.
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To manage VCenter instances in EmpowerID, |
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a user needs an Access Level assignment |
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that allows the following operations |
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for the Computer resource type:
By default, these operations are allowed on the All Access (EmpowerID Admin) Access Level. |
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Before you can manage VMWare from EmpowerID, |
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create an account store |
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that connects EmpowerID to your VMWare VCenter. For |
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details, see Connecting to VMWare. |
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To manage VMWare VCenter instances in EmpowerID
- From In the Navigation Sidebar of the EmpowerID Web interface, navigate to the Find Computers page by expanding expand Resources and clicking click Computers.
- From the Actions pane, click Manage VMWare Virtual Machines.
- In the Find VMWare Virtual Machine lookup that appears, search for the VMWare virtual machine you want to manage, click the record for it to select it, and then click Submit.
- Select the action you want to perform from the Action drop-down and then click Submit.
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