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vCenter Server. The unique ID will be populated by default, and changing it requires a
restart of the vCenter Server service. These settings would normally require changing only
when running multiple vCenter Server instances in the same environment.
User Directory On this page you can set the user directory (usually Active Directory)
time-out value, a limit for the number of users and groups returned in a query against the
user directory database, and the validation period (in minutes) for synchronizing users and
groups used by vCenter Server.
Mail The Mail page might be the most commonly customized page because its coni gura-
tion is crucial to the sending of alarm results, as you'll see in Chapter 13. The mail SMTP
server name or IP address and the sender account will determine the server and the account
from which alarm results will be sent.
SNMP Receivers The SNMP Receivers coni guration page is where you would coni gure
vCenter Server for integration with a Systems Network Management Protocol (SNMP) man-
agement system. The receiver URL should be the name or IP address of the server with the
appropriate SNMP trap receiver. The SNMP port, if not coni gured away from the default,
should be set at 162, and the community string should be coni gured appropriately (Public is
the default). vCenter Server supports up to four receiver URLs.
Ports The Ports page is used to coni gure the HTTP and HTTPS ports used by vCenter
Server.
Timeout Settings This area, the Timeout Settings area, is where you coni gure client con-
nection timeouts. The settings by default allow for a 30-second time-out for normal opera-
tions or 120 seconds for long operations.
Logging Settings The Logging Settings area customizes the level of detail accumulated in
vCenter Server logs. The logging options include the following:
None (Disable Logging)
Errors (Errors Only)
Warning (Errors And Warnings)
Information (Normal Logging)
Verbose (Verbose)
Trivia (Trivia)
By default, vCenter Server stores its logs at C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\
Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs (on Windows Server 2003) or C:\
ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs (on Windows Server 2008 and Windows
Server 2008 R2).
Database The Database page lets you coni gure the maximum number of connections to
the backend database, and to limit the growth of the vCenter Server database, you can coni g-
ure a retention policy. vCenter Server offers options for limiting the length of time that both
tasks and events are retained in the backend database.
SSL Settings On this page you can coni gure a certii cate validity check between vCen-
ter Server and the vSphere Client. If enabled, both systems will check the trust of the SSL
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