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VM Management field descriptions

Locations

Name Description
Location Name The location name.
City The city where the host is located.
Country The country where the host is located.
Button Description
New Displays the New Location section where you can provide the details of the location that you want to add.
Edit Displays the Edit Location section where you can change the details of an existing location.
Delete Deletes the locations that you select.

The system moves the hosts associated with the deleted locations to unknown location.

Hosts

Name Description
Host Name The name of the host.
Host IP The IP address of the host.
Host FQDN FQDN of the host.
IPv6 The IPv6 address of the host.

If the IP address of the ESXi host is an IPv4 address, the column does not display any value.

vCenter FQDN FQDN of vCentre.
Current Action The operation that is currently being performed on the host.
Last Action The last completed operation on the host.
License Status The status of the license.
Host Version The host version.
Offer Type The host type. The options are:
  • AVP: Appliance Virtualization Platform host

  • Customer VE: customer-provided VMware ESXi host

SSH Status The SSH service status. The values are enabled and disabled.
Host Certificate The certificate status of the Appliance Virtualization Platform host. The values are:
  • : The certificate is added in Solution Deployment Manager and correct.

  • : The certificate is not accepted or invalid.

You can click View for details of the certificate status.

vCenter Certificate The certificate status of the ESXi host. The values are:
  • : The certificate is correct.

    The system enables all the options in More Actions that apply to VMware ESXi host.

  • : The certificate is not accepted or invalid.

You can click View for details of the certificate status.

noteNote

Depending on the Appliance Virtualization Platform host and vCenter certificate status, the system enables the options in More Actions.

Button Description
Auto Refresh The option to automatically refresh the page with the latest changes. For example, the page updates:
  • The VM state when a virtual machine changes

  • The license status or certificate status of host when host changes

The system refreshes the data every minute.

Add Displays the New Host section where you can provide the details of the host that you want to add.
Edit Displays the Host Information section where you can change the details of an existing host.
Remove Removes the hosts that you select only from the Solution Deployment Manager client.

The system moves the hosts associated with the deleted locations to unknown location.

Change Network Params > Change Host IP Settings Displays the Host Network/IP Settings section where you can change the host IP settings for the Appliance Virtualization Platform host.
Change Network Params > Change Network Settings Displays the Host Network Setting section where you can change the network settings for the Appliance Virtualization Platform host.
Refresh Refreshes the status of the hosts.
More Actions > AVP Update/Upgrade Management Displays the Update host page where you can provide the Appliance Virtualization Platform patch file for updating the Appliance Virtualization Platform host.
More Actions > Change Password Displays the Change Password section where you can change the password for the Appliance Virtualization Platform host.
More Actions > SSH > Enable SSH Enables SSH for the Appliance Virtualization Platform host.

When SSH for the Appliance Virtualization Platform host is enabled, the system displays SSH enabled successfully.

More Actions > SSH > Disable SSH Disables SSH on the Appliance Virtualization Platform host.

When SSH for Appliance Virtualization Platform is disabled, the system displays Disabling SSH for AVP host with <IP address> <FQDN>, <username>.

More Actions > Syslog config > Push Displays the Push Syslog Configuration section where you can push the syslog configuration on the virtual machine host. Also Syslog is only for Appliance Virtualization Platform. You can select multiple Hosts and Push syslog configuration on selected hosts.
More Actions > Syslog config > View Displays the View Syslog Configuration section where you can view syslog profiles of selected the Appliance Virtualization Platform host.
More Actions > Syslog config > Delete Displays the Delete Syslog Configuration section where you can select and delete configured syslog profiles.
More Actions > Lifecycle Actions > Host Restart Restarts the host and virtual machines that are running on the Appliance Virtualization Platform host.
More Actions > Lifecycle Actions > Host Shutdown Shuts down the host and virtual machines that are running on the Appliance Virtualization Platform host.
More Actions > AVP Cert. Management > Generate/Accept Certificate Displays the Certificate dialog box where you can manage certificates for the host.

Depending on the host type, the options are:

  • Generate Certificate: To generate certificate for Appliance Virtualization Platform host only.

  • Accept Certificate: To accept a valid certificate for the host or vCenter.

  • Decline Certificate: To decline the certificate for Appliance Virtualization Platform host only. You must regenerate the certificate and accept if you decline a host certificate.

More Actions > AVP Cert. Management > Manage Certificate Displays the Load Certificate dialog box from where you can view/generate certificates for Appliance Virtualization Platform hosts, and download them. You can also upload and push third-party signed certificates to the selected host.
More Actions > AVP Cert. Management > Generic CSR Displays the Create/Edit CSR dialog box from where you create or edit the generic CSR data.
More Actions > Snapshot Manager Displays the Snapshot Manager dialog box from where you can view and delete the virtual machine snapshot.
More Actions > WebLM Configuration Displays the WebLM Configuration dialog box from where you configure WebLM Server for an Appliance Virtualization Platform host.
More Actions > Set Login Banner Displays the Message of the Day dialog box from where you can push the login banner text to the selected host.
noteNote

This feature is only available in System Manager Solution Deployment Manager. Solution Deployment Manager Client does not support Set Login Banner.

Virtual Machines

Name Description
VM Name The name of the virtual machine.
VM IP The IP address of the virtual machine.
VM FQDN FQDN of the virtual machine.
VM IPv6 The IPv6 address of the virtual machine, if any.
VM App Name The name of the application virtual machine . For example, Session Manager.
VM App Version The version of the application virtual machine. For example, 7.1.
VM State The state of the virtual machine. The states are Started and Stopped.
Current Action Status The status of the current operation. The statuses are:
  • Deploying

  • Starting

  • Stopping

The Status Details link provides the details of the operation in progress.

Last Action The last action performed on the virtual machine.
Host Name The hostname of the VMware host or Appliance Virtualization Platform host on which the virtual machine resides.
Trust Status The status of the connection between System Manager and the virtual machine.

The status can be Success or Failed.

When the connection between System Manager and the virtual machine establishes, Trust Status changes to Success.

Only when the trust status is Success, you can perform other operations.

Data Store The data store name.
Button Description
New Displays the VM Deployment section where you can provide the host and deploy an application.
Edit Displays the VM Deployment section where you can change the details of a virtual machine.
Delete Turns off the virtual machines and deletes the selected virtual machine from host and Solution Deployment Manager Client.
Start Starts the selected virtual machines.
Stop Stops the selected virtual machines.
Show Selected Displays only the selected virtual machines.
More Actions > Restart Starts the selected virtual machines that were stopped earlier.
More Actions > Refresh VM Updates the status of the virtual machines.
More Actions > Re-establish connection Establishes the connection between System Manager and the virtual machine.

When the connection between System Manager and the virtual machine establishes, the Trust Status changes to Success.

More Actions > Update Static Routing Displays the VM Update Static Routing section where you can update the IP address of Utility Services for static routing.
More Actions > Syslog config > Push Displays the Push Syslog Configuration section where you can push the syslog configuration on the selected virtual machine.
More Actions > Syslog config > View Displays the View Syslog Configuration section where you can view all configured syslog profiles.
More Actions > Syslog config > Delete Displays the Delete Syslog Configuration section where you can select and delete configured syslog profiles.