Back Up Vshield Manager Data; View Vshield Manager System Status; Add An Ssl Certificate To Identify The Vshield Manager Web Service - VMware VSHIELD APP 1.0.0 UPDATE 1 Admin Manual

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4 Under Tech Support Log Download, click Initiate next to the appropriate component.
Once initiated, the log is generated and uploaded to the vShield Manager. This might take several
seconds.
5 After the log is ready, click the Download link to download the log to your PC.
The log is compressed and has the proprietary file extension .blsl. You can open the log using a
decompression utility by browsing for All Files in the directory where you saved the file.

Back Up vShield Manager Data

You can use the Backups option to back up vShield Manager data. See
Manager Data," on page 37.

View vShield Manager System Status

The Status tab displays the status of vShield Manager system resource utilization, and includes the software
version details, license status, and serial number. The serial number must be registered with technical support
for update and support purposes.
To view the system status of the vShield Manager
1 Click Settings & Reports from the vShield Manager inventory panel.
2 Click the Configuration tab.
3 Click Status.
4 (Optional) Click Version Status to review the current version of system software running on your vShield
components.
The Update Status tab appears. See

Add an SSL Certificate to Identify the vShield Manager Web Service

You can generate or import an SSL certificate into the vShield Manager to authenticate the identity of the
vShield Manager web service and encrypt information sent to the vShield Manager web server. As a security
best practice, you should use the generate certificate option to generate a private key and public key, where
the private key is saved to the vShield Manager.
To generate an SSL certificate
1 Click Settings & Reports from the vShield Manager inventory panel.
2 Click the Configuration tab.
3 Click SSL Certificate.
4 Under Generate Certificate Signing Request, enter the following information:
Field
Common Name
Organization Unit
Organization Name
City Name
State Name
Country Code
22
"View the Current System Software"
Description
Enter the name that matches the site name. For example, if the IP address of vShield
Manager management interface is 192.168.1.10, enter 192.168.1.10.
Enter the department in your company that is ordering the certificate.
Enter the full legal name of your company.
Enter the full name of the city in which your company resides.
Enter the full name of the state in which your company resides.
Enter the two-digit code that represents your country. For example, the United States
is US.
Chapter 7, "Backing Up vShield
on page 35.
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