vShield Administration Guide
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Accessing the Online Help
The Online Help can be accessed by clicking
in the upper right of the vShield Manager user interface.
vShield Manager User Interface
The vShield Manager user interface is divided into two panels: the inventory panel and the configuration
panel. You select a view and a resource from the inventory panel to open the available details and
configuration options in the configuration panel.
When clicked, each inventory object has a specific set of tabs that appear in the configuration panel.
vShield Manager Inventory Panel
The vShield Manager inventory panel hierarchy mimics the vSphere Client inventory hierarchy. Resources
include the root folder, datacenters, clusters, port groups, ESX hosts, and virtual machines, including your
installed vShield App and vShield Edge modules. As a result, the vShield Manager maintains solidarity with
your vCenter Server inventory to present a complete view of your virtual deployment. The vShield Manager
is the only virtual machine that does not appear in the vShield Manager inventory panel. vShield Manager
settings are configured from the
Settings & Reports
resource atop the inventory panel.
The inventory panel offers multiple views: Hosts & Clusters, Networks, and Secured Port Groups. The Hosts
& Clusters view displays the datacenters, clusters, resource pools, and ESX hosts in your inventory. The
Networks view displays the VLAN networks and port groups in your inventory. The Secured Port Groups
view displays the port groups protected by vShield Edge instances. The Hosts & Clusters and Networks views
are consistent with the same views in the vSphere Client.
There are differences in the icons for virtual machines and vShield components between the vShield Manager
and the vSphere Client inventory panels. Custom icons are used to show the difference between vShield
components and virtual machines, and the difference between protected and unprotected virtual machines.
Refreshing the Inventory Panel
To refresh the list of resources in the inventory panel, click
. The refresh action requests the latest resource
information from the vCenter Server. By default, the vShield Manager requests resource information from the
vCenter Server every five minutes.
Searching the Inventory Panel
To search the inventory panel for a specific resource, type a string in the field atop the vShield Manager
inventory panel and click
.
Table 2-1.
vShield Virtual Machine Icons in the vShield Manager Inventory Panel
Icon
Description
A powered on vShield App in active protection state.
A powered off vShield App.
A powered on virtual machine that is protected by a vShield App.
A powered on virtual machine that is not protected by a vShield App.
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