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An x-large vShield Edge instance requires 8 GB memory and 256 MB disk space. An x-large vShield Edge
instance is recommended for an environment where the Load Balancer service is being used on millions
of concurrent sessions.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Inventory > Hosts & Clusters.
2 Select a datacenter resource from the inventory panel.
3 Click the Network Virtualization tab.
4 Click the Edges link.
5 Select a compact vShield Edge instance.
6
Click the More Actions ( ) icon and select Upgrade to Large or Upgrade to X-Large.
The vShield Edge instance is upgraded.
Download Tech Support Logs for vShield Edge
You can download technical support logs for each vShield Edge instance. If high availability is enabled for the
vShield Edge instance, support logs from both vShield Edge virtual machines are downloaded.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Inventory > Hosts & Clusters.
2 Select a datacenter resource from the inventory panel.
3 Click the Network Virtualization tab.
4 Click the Edges tab.
5 Select a vShield Edge instance.
6
Click the More Actions (
) icon and select Download Tech Support Logs.
7 After the tech support logs are generated, click Download.
8 In the Select location for download dialog box, browse to the directory where you want to save the log
file.
9 Click Save.
10 Click Close.
Synchronize vShield Edge with vShield Manager
If a vShield service is not responding, or if a service is out of sync with what vShield Manager is showing, you
can send a synchronization request from vShield Manager to vShield Edge.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Inventory > Hosts & Clusters.
2 Select a datacenter resource from the inventory panel.
3 Click the Network Virtualization tab.
4 Click the Edges link.
5 Select a vShield Edge instance.
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