Register The Vshield Manager As A Vsphere Client Plug-In; Identify Dns Services - VMware VSHIELD APP 1.0.0 UPDATE 1 Admin Manual

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4 Type the password associated with the user name in the Password field.
5 Click Save.
The vShield Manager connects to the vCenter Server, logs on, and utilizes the VMware Infrastructure SDK
to populate the vShield Manager inventory panel. The inventory panel is presented on the left side of the
screen. This resource tree should match your VMware Infrastructure inventory panel. The vShield
Manager does not appear in the vShield Manager inventory panel.

Register the vShield Manager as a vSphere Client Plug-in

The vSphere Plug-in option lets you register the vShield Manager as a vSphere Client plug-in. After the
plug-in is registered, you can open the vShield Manager user interface from the vSphere Client.
To register the vShield Manager as a vSphere Client plug-in
1 If you are logged in to the vSphere Client, log out.
2 Log in to the vShield Manager.
3 Click Settings & Reports from the vShield Manager inventory panel.
4 Click the Configuration tab.
The vCenter screen appears.
5 Under vSphere Plug-in, click Register.
Registration might take a few minutes.
6 Log in to the vSphere Client.
7 Select an ESX host.
8 Verify that vShield Install appears as a tab.
You can install and configure vShield components from the vSphere Client.

Identify DNS Services

You must specify at least one DNS server during vShield Manager setup. The specified DNS servers appear in
the vShield Manager user interface.
In the vShield Manager user interface, you can specify up to three DNS servers that the vShield Manager can
use for IP address and host name resolution.
To identify a DNS server
1 Click Settings & Reports from the vShield Manager inventory panel.
2 Click the Configuration tab.
The vCenter screen appears.
3 Under DNS Servers, type an IP address in Primary DNS IP Address to identify the primary DNS server.
This server is checked first for all resolution requests.
4 (Optional) Type an IP address in the Secondary DNS IP Address field.
5 (Optional) Type an IP address in the Tertiary DNS IP Address field.
6 Click Save.
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