Reconfiguring an added target server

An added target server can be reconfigured for a change in the authentication policy, a change in the users authenticating the target or to recover a fastpass user in the event of a local credstore corruption.

How to do it…

The follow procedures will guide you through the steps required for the following:

• Changing the authentication policy

• Changing or recovering a user

Changing the authentication policy

The following procedure will help you change the authentication policy of a target that has already been added to vMA:

1. Issue the following command:

   vifp recover <servername>  --authpolicy <authpolicy type>
   

   Example:

   vifp recover vcenter5x.vdescribed.com  --authpolicy fpauth
   

2. When prompted, supply the credentials.

Changing or recovering a user

The need to recover a user may arise if the login credentials corresponding to a user has changed or if vMA's credential store is corrupted. The following procedure will help you recover a target that has already...