The vShield Administration Guide provides information about vShield Manager, vShield App, vShield Edge, and vShield Endpoint. This guide describes the vShield components, migrating vShield components, VMware Tools on vShield components, and the ports required for vShield communication.
The vShield Administration Guide provides step-by-step instructions for managing the vShield™ system within a VMware vCenter environment. It covers the installation, configuration, monitoring, and maintenance of vShield components via both the graphical user interface (vSphere Client plug-in) and the command line interface (CLI).
Intended for experienced system administrators familiar with virtual machine technology and datacenter operations, this manual details procedures for managing users, updating software, backing up data, viewing audit logs, and configuring specific services such as vShield Edge (firewall, NAT, DHCP, VPN), vShield App (application firewall, flow monitoring), and vShield Endpoint.
This manual is intended for anyone who wants to install or use vShield in a VMware vCenter environment, specifically experienced system administrators familiar with virtual machine technology.
The guide describes how to manage the vShield system using the vShield Manager user interface, the vSphere Client plug-in, and the command line interface (CLI).