
Workstation User’s Manual
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Theconfigurationfile(.vmxfile)fortheACEinstancemustbeontheACEuser’s
machine.Thatis,youcannotusevmware-acetooltomakefixestofilesassociatedwith
theinstanceunlesstheconfigurationfileisonthesamemachineasthosefiles.
Youcanactuallyusethevmware-acetoolprogramtoresetpassw
ordsandfi
x
expirationdatesonanothermachine,butyoumusthavethe.vmx,.vmpl,andace.dat
filesfromtheuserallsetupinthesamedirectory.Thefollowingisanexampleofa
vmware-acetoolcommand:
vmware-acetool <command> <ACEconfigurationfile> <parameters>
Password Prompts
Allcommandspromptfortheadministrativetoolspassword.See“Setting
AdministratorModePolicies”onpage 419.
ThesetPasswordcommandalsopromptsfortherecoverykeypasswordforthe
privaterecoverykeyfile,anewACEinstancepassword,andconfirmationofthatnew
password.See“SetaRecoveryKeyforEncryptedACEInstances”onpage
396.
Followingisanexampleofthecommand:
vmware-acetool setPassword myACE.vmx recKey.priv
Table 22-2. Commands and Parameters for vmware-acetool
Command Parameters Description
setPassword Pathtorecoverykeyfile SettheACEinstanc e’s
password.
setExpirationDate Newexpirationdate SettheACEinstance’s
expirationdate.
allowCopy AllowtheACEinstanceto
runfromitscurrentlocation.
updateCurrentTime Updatetheinternalpolicy
clockofanACEinstanceto
thecurrenttime.
cloneToVM Netcloneconfigurationfile
Pathtorecoverykeyfile
Cloneare
gularvirtual
mach
inefroman
ACE‐enabledvirtual
machine.
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