Testing the connection to a vCenter Server virtual machine

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You can test the connection to a vCenter Server virtual machine. The test function tests the hypervisor tools. It also verifies communication with the virtual machine and tests domain name server (DNS) settings between the IBM Storage® Protect Plus virtual appliance and the virtual machine.

Procedure

To test the connection, complete the following steps:

  1. In the navigation panel, click Manage Protection > Virtualized Systems > VMware.
  2. In the list of vCenters Server instances, click the link for a vCenter Server to navigate to the individual virtual machines.
  3. Select a virtual machine, and then click Select Options.
  4. Select Catalog file metadata.
  5. For Windows-based VMs, click Get SSL certificate thumbprint. For Linux-based VMs, click Get server key.
    Note: This setting will only be visible for Windows-based hosts if you set the global preference Windows Clients Port (WinRM) used for application and file indexing to 5986. For more information about global preferences, see Configuring global preferences.
  6. Enter the username in the Guest OS Username and the password in the Guest OS Password field. Alternately, if the user already exists, select Use existing user and select a user in the Select user list.
  7. Click Test.