Launching the Administration Console
In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Help and Support tab, under the Administration Console, click the link to the console.
In the Administration Console login, use the admin password to log in. You can perform the following operations in the Administration console:
Register or unregister a vCenter, modify credentials, or update the certificate.
Upload the license.
View the summary about the number of vCenters registered and available, and about maximum host license, in use and available.
Restart the virtual appliance.
Update (upgrade to latest version).
Generate troubleshooting bundle.
Display the network settings (read only mode).
Configure the HTTP Proxy Settings: this is used to connect to Dell server for appliance upgrade or for connectivity to http://downloads.dell.com/published/Pages/index.html.
Configure NTP settings, which allow you to enable or disable NTP server, and configure preferred and secondary NTP server.
Generate a certificate signing request (CSR), upload a certificate, or restore the default certificate for HTTPS Certificates.
Configure global settings on how alerts are stored for all vCenter instances. You can configure the maximum numbers of alerts to be stored, numbers of days to retain them, and time out for duplicate alerts.
Initiate Backup, or Restore.
Configure backup location to a network share, and the encryption password for the backed-up files (along with test network connection).
Schedule a recurring backup.