Search For An Instance - VMware ACE Management Server Administrator's Manual

To use the instance view in Workstation
1 From the Workstation menu bar, choose File > Connect to ACE Management Server.
2 Specify the fully qualified host name or the IP address and click OK.
In most cases, the default port number does not need to be changed.
3 Complete the login window.
Use the following information to help you complete the fields that appear in this window:
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User Name and Password – Enter credentials for administering the ACE Management Server.
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Domain – In multi‐domain environments, you might be required to enter a domain (for example,
eng.com).

Search for an Instance

You can use the search function to query the ACE Management Server database for one or more particular
ACE instances. Search criteria are joined with AND, not OR, operations.
Before you begin, do one of the following:
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Log in to the VMware ACE Help Desk for an ACE Management Server.
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Connect to an ACE Management Server from the Workstation window.
To search for an ACE instance
1 Click Search and specify the criteria to be included when the database is queried.
Use the following information to help you specify search criteria:
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Activated By – Activation method, such as password, Active Directory user, or activation key. If no
such activation method exists, N/A appears in the column.
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ACE VM Name – Name of the ACE‐enabled virtual machine from which the ACE instance was
created.
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Guest Name – (For Windows guests only) Computer name resolved on the user's machine during
instance customization, if you use that feature. The NetBIOS name is reported here, and it is a
maximum of 15 characters long. Even if the actual computer name contains more characters, the name
always appears as the NetBIOS name.
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Custom columns – Custom columns that you created appear directly below the Guest MAC Address
criterion.
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Exact match only – Values are case‐sensitive.
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Save as – (Available in the Workstation instance view only) Saved searches are specific to each server.
You can edit or delete your saved searches by selecting the name of a saved search in the Saved
Searches drop‐down menu and clicking Options.
2 Click Search.
In the search results, the total number of instances appears just below the table.
3 To navigate through a large number of results, do one of the following:
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In the VMware ACE Help Desk, click the previous and next arrows at the right of the status bar at the
bottom of the Instances table.
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In the instance view in Workstation, scroll down.
4 To return to the full list, do one of the following:
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In the VMware ACE Help Desk, click the Back to all instances link, located below the Search button.
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In the instance view in Workstation, click Clear Search.
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