Back Up The Running Cli Configuration Of A Vshield App; View The Current System Status Of A Vshield App; Force A Vshield App To Synchronize With The Vshield Manager - VMware VSHIELD APP 1.0 Admin Manual

vShield Administration Guide

Back Up the Running CLI Configuration of a vShield App

The CLI Configuration option displays the running configuration of the vShield App. You can back up the
running configuration to the vShield Manager to preserve the configuration.
To back up the running CLI configuration of a vShield App
1 Log in to the vShield Manager user interface.
2 Select a vShield App from the inventory panel.
3 Click the Configuration tab.
4 Click CLI Configuration.
5 Click Backup Configuration.
The configuration is populated in the Backup Configuration field. You can cut and paste this text into the
vShield App CLI at the Configuration mode prompt.

View the Current System Status of a vShield App

The System Status option lets you view and influence the health of a vShield App. Details include system
statistics, status of interfaces, software version, and environmental variables.
To view the health of a vShield App
1 Log in to the vShield Manager user interface.
2 Select a vShield App from the inventory panel.
3 Click the Configuration tab.
4 Click System Status.
From the System Status screen, you can perform the following actions:
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"Force a vShield App to Synchronize with the vShield Manager" on page 64
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"Restart a vShield App" on page 65
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"View Traffic Statistics by vShield App Interface" on page 65
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"Download the Firewall Logs of a vShield App" on page 65

Force a vShield App to Synchronize with the vShield Manager

The Force Sync option forces a vShield App to re‐synchronize with the vShield Manager. This might be
necessary after a software upgrade.
To force a vShield App to re-synchronize with the vShield Manager
1 Log in to the vShield Manager user interface.
2 Select a vShield App from the inventory panel.
3 Click the Configuration tab.
4 Click System Status.
5 Click Force Sync.
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