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... Shut Down an ESX/ESXi Host 25 Stop an ESX Host Manually 26 Starting vCenter Server 26 Start the vSphere Client and Log In 27 Stop the vSphere Client and Log Out 28 vSphere Web Access 28 VMware Service Console 29 3 Using vCenter Server in Linked Mode 31 Linked Mode Prerequisites 31 Linked Mode Considerations 32... a Linked Mode Group 34 Configure the URLs on a Linked Mode vCenter Server System 34 Linked Mode Troubleshooting 35 Monitor vCenter Server Services 37 4 Using the vSphere Client 39 Getting Started Tabs 40 Status Bar, Recent Tasks, and Triggered Alarms 40 Panel Sections 40...
... Shut Down an ESX/ESXi Host 25 Stop an ESX Host Manually 26 Starting vCenter Server 26 Start the vSphere Client and Log In 27 Stop the vSphere Client and Log Out 28 vSphere Web Access 28 VMware Service Console 29 3 Using vCenter Server in Linked Mode 31 Linked Mode Prerequisites 31 Linked Mode Considerations 32... a Linked Mode Group 34 Configure the URLs on a Linked Mode vCenter Server System 34 Linked Mode Troubleshooting 35 Monitor vCenter Server Services 37 4 Using the vSphere Client 39 Getting Started Tabs 40 Status Bar, Recent Tasks, and Triggered Alarms 40 Panel Sections 40...
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... ESX, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Client 49 Configure vCenter Server SMTP Mail Settings 49 Working with Active Sessions 49 SNMP and vSphere 50 System Log Files 65 6 Managing the vSphere Client Inventory 71 Understanding vSphere Client Objects 71 Add an Inventory Object ...73 Moving Objects in the Inventory 74 Remove an Inventory Object 74 Browsing Datastores in the vSphere Client Inventory 75 7 Managing Hosts in vCenter Server 77 About Hosts 77 Add a Host 78 Completing the... to Virtual Machines 93 Viewing Consolidation Tasks 94 Troubleshooting Consolidation 95 4 VMware, Inc.
... ESX, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Client 49 Configure vCenter Server SMTP Mail Settings 49 Working with Active Sessions 49 SNMP and vSphere 50 System Log Files 65 6 Managing the vSphere Client Inventory 71 Understanding vSphere Client Objects 71 Add an Inventory Object ...73 Moving Objects in the Inventory 74 Remove an Inventory Object 74 Browsing Datastores in the vSphere Client Inventory 75 7 Managing Hosts in vCenter Server 77 About Hosts 77 Add a Host 78 Completing the... to Virtual Machines 93 Viewing Consolidation Tasks 94 Troubleshooting Consolidation 95 4 VMware, Inc.
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... n In "Disk Metrics," on page 336, corrected the table. EN-000105-06 n In certain topics, removed references to the vSphere Compatibility Matrixes document for information on page 128, updated Step 5to show that are actually only available for one hour instead of the Table... EN-000105-08 Changed a point in "Configuring Communication Among ESX, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Client," on page 201, added information that ESXi retains real-time statistics for hosts. n In "Upgrade VMware Tools Manually," on the list of the Basic System Administration. n In Chapter 17, "Using...
... n In "Disk Metrics," on page 336, corrected the table. EN-000105-06 n In certain topics, removed references to the vSphere Compatibility Matrixes document for information on page 128, updated Step 5to show that are actually only available for one hour instead of the Table... EN-000105-08 Changed a point in "Configuring Communication Among ESX, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Client," on page 201, added information that ESXi retains real-time statistics for hosts. n In "Upgrade VMware Tools Manually," on the list of the Basic System Administration. n In Chapter 17, "Using...
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...This manual, Basic System Administration, describes how to start and stop the VMware® vSphere™ Client components, build your suggestions for improving our documentation. Document Feedback VMware welcomes your vSphere environment, monitor and manage the information generated about the components, and set... system administrators and who are familiar with virtual machine technology and datacenter operations. VMware vSphere Documentation The vSphere documentation consists of the combined VMware vCenter Server and ESX/ESXi documentation set up roles and permissions for the managed...
...This manual, Basic System Administration, describes how to start and stop the VMware® vSphere™ Client components, build your suggestions for improving our documentation. Document Feedback VMware welcomes your vSphere environment, monitor and manage the information generated about the components, and set... system administrators and who are familiar with virtual machine technology and datacenter operations. VMware vSphere Documentation The vSphere documentation consists of the combined VMware vCenter Server and ESX/ESXi documentation set up roles and permissions for the managed...
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... components of your virtual environment objects as managed components such as VMware High Availability (HA), VMware VMotion™, VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), VMware Update Manager, and VMware Converter Enterprise. VMware, Inc. 15 vSphere Components 1 VMware vSphere™ includes components and operations essential for virtualization. vSphere works with several client interfaces and offers many optional components and modules, such as virtual...
... components of your virtual environment objects as managed components such as VMware High Availability (HA), VMware VMotion™, VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), VMware Update Manager, and VMware Converter Enterprise. VMware, Inc. 15 vSphere Components 1 VMware vSphere™ includes components and operations essential for virtualization. vSphere works with several client interfaces and offers many optional components and modules, such as virtual...
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...features include vCenter Storage Monitoring, vCenter Hardware Status, and vCenter Service Status. vCenter Server can be joined together using the vSphere Client Plug-in a Windows virtual machine on a network. After a plug-in the vCenter Server environment. On each virtual machine...addition to the vCenter Server inventory. 16 VMware, Inc. A virtual representation of combinations of a server component and a client component. vCenter Server is a single Windows Service and is installed to vCenter Server. vSphere Basic System Administration vCenter Server vCenter Server plug...
...features include vCenter Storage Monitoring, vCenter Hardware Status, and vCenter Service Status. vCenter Server can be joined together using the vSphere Client Plug-in a Windows virtual machine on a network. After a plug-in the vCenter Server environment. On each virtual machine...addition to the vCenter Server inventory. 16 VMware, Inc. A virtual representation of combinations of a server component and a client component. vCenter Server is a single Windows Service and is installed to vCenter Server. vSphere Basic System Administration vCenter Server vCenter Server plug...
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... are divided into four categories: Inventory, Administration, Management, and Solutions and Applications. Provides a hierarchical view of hosts, clusters, and their hosts. vSphere interface options include: vSphere Client vSphere Web Access VMware Service Console vSphere Command-Line Interface A required component and the primary interface for configuring an ESXi host. A Web interface through which type of the ESX...
... are divided into four categories: Inventory, Administration, Management, and Solutions and Applications. Provides a hierarchical view of hosts, clusters, and their hosts. vSphere interface options include: vSphere Client vSphere Web Access VMware Service Console vSphere Command-Line Interface A required component and the primary interface for configuring an ESXi host. A Web interface through which type of the ESX...
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... and folders. Provides a list of the vSphere environment and the relationships between managed objects. Provides a visual representation of the status and structure of all vSphere Client sessions currently connected to monitor and manage the... objects in the vCenter Server environment. Allows you to view and create roles used to grant access privileges to virtualize. To see only events relevant to create new virtual machine guest operating system specifications and manage existing specifications. 18 VMware...
... and folders. Provides a list of the vSphere environment and the relationships between managed objects. Provides a visual representation of the status and structure of all vSphere Client sessions currently connected to monitor and manage the... objects in the vCenter Server environment. Allows you to view and create roles used to grant access privileges to virtualize. To see only events relevant to create new virtual machine guest operating system specifications and manage existing specifications. 18 VMware...
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... of the same type: datacenters, clusters, datastores, networks, virtual machines, templates, or hosts. For example, you can use folders within the VMware vSphere environment are on port groups. Within each other or to an ESX/ESXi host, only that is one hierarchy of the virtual datacenter. If ...the vSphere Client is connected directly to the physical network outside of folders with virtual machines and templates, one with hosts and clusters, one with networks. ...
... of the same type: datacenters, clusters, datastores, networks, virtual machines, templates, or hosts. For example, you can use folders within the VMware vSphere environment are on port groups. Within each other or to an ESX/ESXi host, only that is one hierarchy of the virtual datacenter. If ...the vSphere Client is connected directly to the physical network outside of folders with virtual machines and templates, one with hosts and clusters, one with networks. ...
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...to apply updates and patches across ESX/ESXi hosts and all hosts and virtual machines within the vSphere environment. Access privileges affect which vSphere Client objects appear in which a guest operating system and associated application software can run. A permission ...VMware vApp is identified to the server as use the sample roles that the user has permission to managed objects by providing additional features and functionality. Access Privileges Components vSphere provides access control to perform. Users and Groups Roles Permissions Created through the vSphere Client...
...to apply updates and patches across ESX/ESXi hosts and all hosts and virtual machines within the vSphere environment. Access privileges affect which vSphere Client objects appear in which a guest operating system and associated application software can run. A permission ...VMware vApp is identified to the server as use the sample roles that the user has permission to managed objects by providing additional features and functionality. Access Privileges Components vSphere provides access control to perform. Users and Groups Roles Permissions Created through the vSphere Client...
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... feature that are highly extensible; vShield Zones inspects client-server communications and inter-virtual-machine communication to minimize disk usage. The Tomcat Web server is an application-aware firewall built for VMware vCenter Server integration. The components that require Tomcat ...It requires licensing on the vCenter Server system. Optional features include: VMotion VMware HA A feature that enables you to create and execute automated workflows within your VMware vSphere environment. VMware vCenter Orchestrator is a disk-based backup and recovery solution that were running...
... feature that are highly extensible; vShield Zones inspects client-server communications and inter-virtual-machine communication to minimize disk usage. The Tomcat Web server is an application-aware firewall built for VMware vCenter Server integration. The components that require Tomcat ...It requires licensing on the vCenter Server system. Optional features include: VMotion VMware HA A feature that enables you to create and execute automated workflows within your VMware vSphere environment. VMware vCenter Orchestrator is a disk-based backup and recovery solution that were running...
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... an ESX Host Manually," on page 26 n "Starting vCenter Server," on page 26 n "Start the vSphere Client and Log In," on page 27 n "Stop the vSphere Client and Log Out," on page 28 n "vSphere Web Access," on page 28 n "VMware Service Console," on page 29 Start an ESX/ESXi Host When you want to shut down...
... an ESX Host Manually," on page 26 n "Starting vCenter Server," on page 26 n "Start the vSphere Client and Log In," on page 27 n "Stop the vSphere Client and Log Out," on page 28 n "vSphere Web Access," on page 28 n "VMware Service Console," on page 29 Start an ESX/ESXi Host When you want to shut down...
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.... Continuous operation ensures that all servers in the Serverdrop-down menu. 4 Click Login to complete. 3 Close the Properties dialog box. VMware does not recommend running on a domain controller . 2 Double-click a shortcut or select the vSphere Client from Start > Programs > VMware > vSphere Client. 3 Enter or select the server name, your user name, and your version of Windows.
.... Continuous operation ensures that all servers in the Serverdrop-down menu. 4 Click Login to complete. 3 Close the Properties dialog box. VMware does not recommend running on a domain controller . 2 Double-click a shortcut or select the vSphere Client from Start > Programs > VMware > vSphere Client. 3 Enter or select the server name, your user name, and your version of Windows.
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... home page appears. After your virtual machines. Procedure u Click the close box (X) , or select File > Exit. The functionality of vSphere Web Access is logged out of vSphere Web Access. 28 VMware, Inc. Remote client devices are disconnected when you can manage your user name and password are authorized by vCenter Server. Log In to...
... home page appears. After your virtual machines. Procedure u Click the close box (X) , or select File > Exit. The functionality of vSphere Web Access is logged out of vSphere Web Access. 28 VMware, Inc. Remote client devices are disconnected when you can manage your user name and password are authorized by vCenter Server. Log In to...
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... console's host name to the physical console on the security settings, see the ESX Configuration Guide. Chapter 2 Starting and Stopping the vSphere Components VMware Service Console In previous versions of ESX, the service console was one of the commands are also available on Linux or UNIX are ... are available through the remote command-line interface. Detailed usage notes for the service console when sharing a network adapter. The vSphere Client is capable of an ESX host. Another caution against using DHCP is running, you must log in to the dynamically generated IP address...
... console's host name to the physical console on the security settings, see the ESX Configuration Guide. Chapter 2 Starting and Stopping the vSphere Components VMware Service Console In previous versions of ESX, the service console was one of the commands are also available on Linux or UNIX are ... are available through the remote command-line interface. Detailed usage notes for the service console when sharing a network adapter. The vSphere Client is capable of an ESX host. Another caution against using DHCP is running, you must log in to the dynamically generated IP address...
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...the Linked Mode group, and is the name of the role before proceeding to join the vCenter Server system to complete. c Close the vSphere Client session and return to resolve the conflict. vCenter Server restarts. If two vCenter Server systems have roles with the same name that contain ...Mode might take several seconds for me No, I'll resolve the conflicts myself Description Click Next. VMware, Inc. 33 The role on one instance of the original role. Option Yes, let VMware vCenter Server resolve the conflicts for the global data (such as part of the vCenter Server ...
...the Linked Mode group, and is the name of the role before proceeding to join the vCenter Server system to complete. c Close the vSphere Client session and return to resolve the conflict. vCenter Server restarts. If two vCenter Server systems have roles with the same name that contain ...Mode might take several seconds for me No, I'll resolve the conflicts myself Description Click Next. VMware, Inc. 33 The role on one instance of the original role. Option Yes, let VMware vCenter Server resolve the conflicts for the global data (such as part of the vCenter Server ...
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...have changed the domain or machine name. 4 Select Administration > vCenter Server Settings and click Advanced Settings. 34 VMware, Inc. n For the Virtualcenter.VimWebServicesUrl key, the default value is http(s):///sdk. Procedure 1 Select Start > All Programs > VMware > vCenter Server Linked Mode Configuration. 2 Click Modify linked mode configuration and click Next. 3 Click Isolate this... vCenter Server system to the vCenter Server instance on page 34. 2 Change the domain name or the machine name to make them match. 3 From the vSphere Client, connect directly to the Linked Mode group.
...have changed the domain or machine name. 4 Select Administration > vCenter Server Settings and click Advanced Settings. 34 VMware, Inc. n For the Virtualcenter.VimWebServicesUrl key, the default value is http(s):///sdk. Procedure 1 Select Start > All Programs > VMware > vCenter Server Linked Mode Configuration. 2 Click Modify linked mode configuration and click Next. 3 Click Isolate this... vCenter Server system to the vCenter Server instance on page 34. 2 Change the domain name or the machine name to make them match. 3 From the vSphere Client, connect directly to the Linked Mode group.
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... to make them compatible with the following actions: n Ensure that is in the domain. To resolve this issue, make them match. VMware, Inc. 35 For example: http(s)://:/sdk. 6 For the Virtualcenter.VimWebServicesUrl key, change the value so that the cloned vCenter Server instance... has a globally unique identifier (GUID). n Any users that the Virtualcenter.VimApiUrl key points to the location where the vSphere Client and SDK clients can resolve the problem with the new domain name and machine name. For the Virtualcenter.Instancename key, change the value ...
... to make them compatible with the following actions: n Ensure that is in the domain. To resolve this issue, make them match. VMware, Inc. 35 For example: http(s)://:/sdk. 6 For the Virtualcenter.VimWebServicesUrl key, change the value so that the cloned vCenter Server instance... has a globally unique identifier (GUID). n Any users that the Virtualcenter.VimApiUrl key points to the location where the vSphere Client and SDK clients can resolve the problem with the new domain name and machine name. For the Virtualcenter.Instancename key, change the value ...
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... -machine RPC communication. n Any messages associated with the change in status occurred. VMware, Inc. 37 Choose one of the following information: n A list of all listed items. n The date and time when the last change in status. Procedure u From the vSphere Client Home page, click vCenter Service Status. Chapter 3 Using vCenter Server in Linked...
... -machine RPC communication. n Any messages associated with the change in status occurred. VMware, Inc. 37 Choose one of the following information: n A list of all listed items. n The date and time when the last change in status. Procedure u From the vSphere Client Home page, click vCenter Service Status. Chapter 3 Using vCenter Server in Linked...
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... window containing a menu bar, a navigation bar, a toolbar, a status bar, a panel section, and pop-up menus. When you first log in . The vSphere Client user interface is configured based on page 46 VMware, Inc. 39 This chapter includes the following topics: n "Getting Started Tabs," on page 40 n "Status Bar, Recent Tasks, and Triggered Alarms...
... window containing a menu bar, a navigation bar, a toolbar, a status bar, a panel section, and pop-up menus. When you first log in . The vSphere Client user interface is configured based on page 46 VMware, Inc. 39 This chapter includes the following topics: n "Getting Started Tabs," on page 40 n "Status Bar, Recent Tasks, and Triggered Alarms...