ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 9.13

Overview of ONTAP tools maintenance console

You can manage your application, system, and network configurations by using the maintenance console of the ONTAP tools. You can change your administrator password and maintenance password. You can also generate support bundles, set different log levels, view and manage TLS configurations, and start remote diagnostics.

You must have installed VMware tools after deploying ONTAP tools to access the maintenance console. You should use maint as the user name and the password you configured during deployment to log in to the maintenance console of the ONTAP tools. You should use nano for editing the files in maint or root login console.

You must set a password for the diag user while enabling remote diagnostics.

You should use the Summary tab of your deployed ONTAP tools to access the maintenance console. When you click Play button , the maintenance console starts.

Console Menu

Options

Application Configuration

Display server status summary
Start Virtual Storage Console service
Stop Virtual Storage Console service
Start VASA Provider and SRA service
Stop VASA Provider and SRA service
Change 'administrator' user password
Re-generate certificates
Hard reset database
Change LOG level for Virtual Storage Console service
Change LOG level for VASA Provider and SRA service
Display TLS configuration
Generate Web-Cli Authentication token
Start ONTAP tools plug-in service
Stop ONTAP tools plug-in service
Start Log Integrity services
Stop Log Integrity services
Change database password

System Configuration

Reboot virtual machine
Shutdown virtual machine
Change 'maint' user password
Change time zone
Add new NTP server

You can provide an IPv6 address for your NTP server.
Enable SSH Access
Increase jail disk size (/jail)
Upgrade
Install VMware Tools

Network Configuration

Display IP address settings
Change IP address settings

You can use this option to change the IP address post deployment to IPv6.
Display domain name search settings
Change domain name search settings
Display static routes
Change static routes

You can use this option to add an IPv6 route.
Commit changes
Ping a host

You can use this option to ping to an IPv6 host.
Restore default settings

Support and Diagnostics

Generate support bundle
Access diagnostic shell
Enable remote diagnostic access