Vshield Manager Management; Synchronize The Vshield Manager With Vcenter Server And Dns - VMware VSHIELD APP 1.0 - API Programming Manual

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vShield Manager Management

The vShield Manager requires communication with your vCenter Server and services such as DNS and NTP
to provide details on your VMware Infrastructure inventory.
I All vShield REST requests require authorization. You can use the following basic authorization:
MPORTANT
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46ZGVmYXVsdA==
YWRtaW46ZGVmYXVsdA== represents the Base 64 encoding of the vShield Manager default login credentials
(admin:default).
The chapter includes the following topics:
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"Synchronize the vShield Manager with vCenter Server and DNS" on page 15
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"Retrieving Tech Support Logs" on page 16

Synchronize the vShield Manager with vCenter Server and DNS

You can use a single request to synchronize the vShield Manager with the vCenter Server and add DNS servers
to the vShield Manager for IP address and hostname resolution. Synchronizing with vCenter Server enables
the vShield Manager user interface to display your VMware Infrastructure inventory.
Synchronization with vCenter requires the vCenter URL and login credentials.
For the schema, see "vShield Manager to vCenter Server Synchronization Schema" on page 67.
For the DNS schema, see "DNS Service Schema" on page 68.
Example 2-1. Synchronizing the vShield Manager with vCenter Server and Identify DNS Services
Request:
POST <vshield_manager-uri>/api/1.0/global/config
You can also synchronize the vShield Manager with the vCenter Server without specifying DNS.
Example 2-2. Synchronizing the vShield Manager with vCenter Server without DNS
Request:
POST <vshield_manager-uri>/api/1.0/global/vcInfo
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