
vShield Administration Guide
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4UnderTechSupportLogDownload,clickInitiatenexttotheappropriatecomponent.
Onceinitiated,thelogisgeneratedanduploadedtothevShieldManager.Thismighttakeseveral
seconds.
5Afterthelogisready,clicktheDownloadlinktodownloadthelogtoyourPC.
Thelogiscompressedandhasthe
proprietaryfileextension.blsl.Youcanopenthelogusinga
decompressionutilitybybrowsingforAllFilesinthedirectorywhereyousavedthefile.
Back Up vShield Manager Data
YoucanusetheBackupsoptiontobackupvShieldManagerdata.SeeChapter 7,“BackingUpvShield
ManagerData,”onpage 39.
View vShield Manager System Status
TheStatustabdisplaysthestatusofvShieldManagersystemresourceutilization,andincludesthesoftware
versiondetails,licensestatus,andserialnumber.Theserialnumbermustberegisteredwithtechnicalsupport
forupdateandsupportpurposes.
To view the system status of the vShield Manager
1ClickSettings&ReportsfromthevShieldManagerinventorypanel.
2ClicktheConfigurationtab.
3Click
Status.
4 (Optional)ClickVe r s ionStatustoreviewthecurrentversionofsystemsoftwarerunningonyourvShield
components.
TheUpdateStatustabappears.See“ViewtheCurrentSystemSoftware”onpage 37.
Add an SSL Certificate to Identify the vShield Manager Web Service
YoucangenerateorimportanSSLcertificateintothevShieldManagertoauthenticatetheidentityofthe
vShieldManagerwebserviceandencryptinformationsenttothevShieldManagerwebserver.Asasecurity
bestpractice,youshouldusethegeneratecertificateoptiontogenerateaprivatekeyandpublic
key,where
theprivatekeyissavedtothevShieldManager.
To generate an SSL certificate
1ClickSettings&ReportsfromthevShieldManagerinventorypanel.
2ClicktheConfigurationtab.
3ClickSSLCertificate.
4UnderGenerateCertificateSigningRequest,enterthefollowinginformation:
Field Description
CommonName Enterthenamethatmatchesthesitename.Forexample,iftheIPaddressofvShield
Managermanagementinterfaceis192.168.1.10,enter192.168.1.10.
OrganizationUnit Enterthedepartmentinyourcompanythatisorderingthecertificate.
OrganizationName Enterthefulllegalnameofyourcompany.
CityName Enterthefull
nameofthecityinwhichyourcompanyresides.
StateName Enterthefullnameofthestateinwhichyourcompanyresides.
CountryCode Enterthetwo‐digitcodethatrepresentsyourcountry.Forexample,theUnitedStates
isUS.
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