5.3 Resetting Appliances

The Deployment Manager provides the ability to reset one or more appliances, or even your entire system. For example, you might need to reset one or more appliances if the components are not communicating as they should. Resetting an appliance means that you completely remove the selected component and restart the deployment process without having to redeploy the OVF file on the VM and set up networking again. This option essentially takes you back to the point where you have not yet run the Deployment Manager.

  1. Log in to the appliance management console as the vaadmin user.

    https://mycompany.example.com:9443
  2. Click Deployment Manager, then select Settings.

  3. (Conditional) If you want to reset a single appliance, select Reset Appliance. Read the warning message, then click OK to continue.

  4. (Conditional) If you want to reset your entire system, select Reset System. Read the warning message, then click OK to continue.

  5. (Conditional) If you want to cancel out of the appliance or system reset after the appliance management console displays the Deployment Status page, click the trash can icon.