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Administering XClarity Orchestrator

Several administration activities are available, such as configuring system setting such as date and time and network access, connecting resource managers, managing authentication servers and user access, and managing security certificates.

  • Connecting resource managers
    Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator monitors and manages devices through resource and application managers.
  • Discovering and managing devices
    You can discover and manage devices using Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator and assign management of those devices to a specific resource manager.
  • Using VMwareTools
    The VMware Tools package is installed in the virtual machine’s guest operating system when you install Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator in VMware ESXi-based environments. This package provides a subset of the VMware tools that support optimized virtual-appliance backup and migration while preserving application state and continuity.
  • Configuring network settings
    You can configure a single network interface (using IPv4 and IPv6 settings), Internet routing settings, and proxy settings.
  • Configuring the date and time
    You must set up at least one (and up to four) Network Time Protocol (NTP) server to synchronize the timestamps for Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator with events that are received from resource managers.
  • Working with security certificates
    Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator uses SSL certificates to establish secure, trusted communications between XClarity Orchestrator and its managed resource managers (such as Lenovo XClarity Administrator or Schneider Electric EcoStruxure IT Expert) as well as communications with XClarity Orchestrator by users or with different services. By default, XClarity Orchestrator and Lenovo XClarity Administrator use XClarity Orchestrator-generated certificates that are self-signed and issued by an internal certificate authority.
  • Managing authentication
    You can choose to use the local Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server or another external LDAP server as the authentication server.
  • Managing users and user sessions
    User accounts are used to log in and manage Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator.
  • Controlling access to functions
    Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator uses roles and user groups to determine which functions (actions) a user is allowed to perform.
  • Controlling access to resources
    Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator uses access-control lists (ACLs) to determine which resources (devices, resource managers, and XClarity Orchestrator) users can access. When a user has access to a specific set of resources, that user can see data (such as inventory, events, alerts, and analytics) that is related to only those resources
  • Managing disk space
    You can manage the amount of disk space that is used by Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator by deleting files that are no longer needed
  • Restarting XClarity Orchestrator
    There are certain situations when you might need to restart Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator, such as when regenerating or uploading a server certificate. You can restart Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator from the web interface.
  • Backing up and restoring orchestrator-server data
    Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator does not include built-in backup and restore functions. Instead, use the backup functions that are available based on the virtual-host operating system on which XClarity Orchestrator is installed.