Remote Actions

You can perform actions like Restarting services, Rebooting, or deactivating an Edge remotely, from the Enterprise portal.

You can perform the remote actions only on Edge that are in Connected state.

1. In the Enterprise portal, click Test & Troubleshoot > Remote Actions.
2. The Remote Edge Actions page displays all the connected Edges. Search for an Edge if necessary using the Filter, and click Apply.
3. Click the link to a connected Edge.

   In the Edge Remote Actions window, click the relevant action. The action is performed on the selected Edge.

   

4. You can perform the following actions:

   Action	Description
   Identify	Randomly flash lights on the selected Edge to identify the device.
   Restart Service	Restarts the VMware services on the selected Edge.
   Reboot	Reboots the selected Edge.
   Shutdown	Power off the selected Edge.
   Deactivate	Resets the device configuration to its factory default state.

Note: The actions may take up to a minute to run on the device.