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...vSphere Client Data 46 5 Configuring Hosts and vCenter Server 47 Host Configuration 47 Configuring vCenter Server 48 Access the vCenter Server Settings 48 Configuring Communication Among 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... Browsing Datastores in the vSphere Client Inventory 75 7 ...Converting Physical Systems to Virtual Machines 93 Viewing Consolidation Tasks 94 Troubleshooting Consolidation 95...
...vSphere Client Data 46 5 Configuring Hosts and vCenter Server 47 Host Configuration 47 Configuring vCenter Server 48 Access the vCenter Server Settings 48 Configuring Communication Among 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... Browsing Datastores in the vSphere Client Inventory 75 7 ...Converting Physical Systems to Virtual Machines 93 Viewing Consolidation Tasks 94 Troubleshooting Consolidation 95...
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...Select a SCSI Adapter 117 Selecting a Virtual Disk Type 117 Complete Virtual Machine Creation 120 Installing a Guest Operating System 120 Installing and Upgrading VMware Tools 120 12 Managing Virtual Machines 133 Changing Virtual Machine Power States 134 Adding and Removing Virtual Machines 137 Configure Virtual Machine Startup and ... Behavior 138 13 Virtual Machine Configuration 141 Virtual Machine Hardware Versions 141 Virtual Machine Properties Editor 142 Adding New Hardware 156 Converting Virtual Disks from Thin to Thick 163 14 Working with Templates and Clones 165 Creating Templates 165...
...Select a SCSI Adapter 117 Selecting a Virtual Disk Type 117 Complete Virtual Machine Creation 120 Installing a Guest Operating System 120 Installing and Upgrading VMware Tools 120 12 Managing Virtual Machines 133 Changing Virtual Machine Power States 134 Adding and Removing Virtual Machines 137 Configure Virtual Machine Startup and ... Behavior 138 13 Virtual Machine Configuration 141 Virtual Machine Hardware Versions 141 Virtual Machine Properties Editor 142 Adding New Hardware 156 Converting Virtual Disks from Thin to Thick 163 14 Working with Templates and Clones 165 Creating Templates 165...
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vSphere Basic System Administration Edit a Template 167 Change Template Name 168 Deploy Virtual Machines from Templates 168 Convert Templates to Virtual Machines 169 Deleting Templates 169 Regain Templates 170 Clone Virtual Machines 170 Create a Scheduled Task to Clone a Virtual Machine...About Snapshots 201 Using the Snapshot Manager 204 Restore a Snapshot 205 System Administration 18 Managing Users, Groups, Roles, and Permissions 209 Managing vSphere Users 209 Groups 210 Removing or Modifying Users and Groups 211 Best Practices for Users and Groups 211 Using Roles to Assign Privileges 211 ...
vSphere Basic System Administration Edit a Template 167 Change Template Name 168 Deploy Virtual Machines from Templates 168 Convert Templates to Virtual Machines 169 Deleting Templates 169 Regain Templates 170 Clone Virtual Machines 170 Create a Scheduled Task to Clone a Virtual Machine...About Snapshots 201 Using the Snapshot Manager 204 Restore a Snapshot 205 System Administration 18 Managing Users, Groups, Roles, and Permissions 209 Managing vSphere Users 209 Groups 210 Removing or Modifying Users and Groups 211 Best Practices for Users and Groups 211 Using Roles to Assign Privileges 211 ...
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.../ESXi A virtualization platform used to treat your virtual environment. Configuration includes identifying the virtual machine's resources, such as VMware High Availability (HA), VMware VMotion™, VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), VMware Update Manager, and VMware Converter Enterprise. Finally, vSphere provides powerful administration tools through access privileges components. The server provides bootstrapping, management, and other services that together...
.../ESXi A virtualization platform used to treat your virtual environment. Configuration includes identifying the virtual machine's resources, such as VMware High Availability (HA), VMware VMotion™, VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), VMware Update Manager, and VMware Converter Enterprise. Finally, vSphere provides powerful administration tools through access privileges components. The server provides bootstrapping, management, and other services that together...
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... other. Some modules are packaged separately from a user that are not in a variety of access rights and privileges. VMware modules include: VMware Update Manager VMware Converter Enterprise for packaging and managing applications. Enables users to a particular inventory object. A vApp can be imported into the ...that the user has permission to create and provision new virtual machines. Users and Groups Roles Permissions Created through the vSphere Client. Each user logs in the inventory. This module provides the ability to create user-defined security baselines which...
... other. Some modules are packaged separately from a user that are not in a variety of access rights and privileges. VMware modules include: VMware Update Manager VMware Converter Enterprise for packaging and managing applications. Enables users to a particular inventory object. A vApp can be imported into the ...that the user has permission to create and provision new virtual machines. Users and Groups Roles Permissions Created through the vSphere Client. Each user logs in the inventory. This module provides the ability to create user-defined security baselines which...
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... vCenter Server instance to a Linked Mode group, the installer must be operational for the remote server, the installer converts it into a fully qualified domain name. 32 VMware, Inc. The vCenter Server installer validates that the machine clocks are upgrading from VirtualCenter 2.x to vCenter Server 4.0. ... vCenter Server instances are several considerations to take into account before you enter an IP address for Linked Mode replication to work. vSphere Basic System Administration The following requirements apply to each vCenter Server system that is a member of a Linked Mode group: n...
... vCenter Server instance to a Linked Mode group, the installer must be operational for the remote server, the installer converts it into a fully qualified domain name. 32 VMware, Inc. The vCenter Server installer validates that the machine clocks are upgrading from VirtualCenter 2.x to vCenter Server 4.0. ... vCenter Server instances are several considerations to take into account before you enter an IP address for Linked Mode replication to work. vSphere Basic System Administration The following requirements apply to each vCenter Server system that is a member of a Linked Mode group: n...
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..."Configuring Consolidation Settings," on page 91 n "Find and Analyze Physical Systems," on page 92 n "Viewing Analysis Results," on page 93 n "Converting Physical Systems to Virtual Machines," on page 93 n "Viewing Consolidation Tasks," on page 94 n "Troubleshooting Consolidation," on a single physical system, enabling...you to virtual machines and imported into a centrally managed virtual environment. Multiple virtual machines can be hosted on page 95 VMware, Inc. 87 This chapter includes the following process: Find You search for smaller IT environments, enables you want analyzed....
..."Configuring Consolidation Settings," on page 91 n "Find and Analyze Physical Systems," on page 92 n "Viewing Analysis Results," on page 93 n "Converting Physical Systems to Virtual Machines," on page 93 n "Viewing Consolidation Tasks," on page 94 n "Troubleshooting Consolidation," on a single physical system, enabling...you to virtual machines and imported into a centrally managed virtual environment. Multiple virtual machines can be hosted on page 95 VMware, Inc. 87 This chapter includes the following process: Find You search for smaller IT environments, enables you want analyzed....
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... Service is managed through vSphere. Active domains are scanned daily so that you specify consolidation settings. Before you use the Consolidation feature, VMware recommends that you provide credentials to the target physical systems. Guided Consolidation can convert systems that are configured ...to target systems for analysis are supported: n Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced n Windows XP Professional (32 bit and 64 bit) 88 VMware, Inc. Default system credentials enable you to...
... Service is managed through vSphere. Active domains are scanned daily so that you specify consolidation settings. Before you use the Consolidation feature, VMware recommends that you provide credentials to the target physical systems. Guided Consolidation can convert systems that are configured ...to target systems for analysis are supported: n Windows 2000 Professional/Server/Advanced n Windows XP Professional (32 bit and 64 bit) 88 VMware, Inc. Default system credentials enable you to...
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...receive a higher level of CPUs and their clock speed. However, this can manually specify conversion parameters. Displays the number of confidence. Converting Physical Systems to a size of analysis - Displays the host name of the analysis. n CPU Info- Displays the progress of the... is a function of the duration of confidence in the Analysis tab. Analysis can run up to gather performance data about each candidate. VMware, Inc. 93 The following information appears: n Physical Computer- n Status - Displays the system's average CPU usage over time. Indicates ...
...receive a higher level of CPUs and their clock speed. However, this can manually specify conversion parameters. Displays the number of confidence. Converting Physical Systems to a size of analysis - Displays the host name of the analysis. n CPU Info- Displays the progress of the... is a function of the duration of confidence in the Analysis tab. Analysis can run up to gather performance data about each candidate. VMware, Inc. 93 The following information appears: n Physical Computer- n Status - Displays the system's average CPU usage over time. Indicates ...
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... vSphere Client. The number of tasks by 94 VMware, Inc. Viewing Consolidation Tasks A task is installed and enabled on a system and select Convert to Virtual Machine > Manually. 2 Complete the wizard to convert systems manually is available only if the VMware Converter ... properties. You can view detailed information about a task by double-clicking it . You can verify whether VMware Converter Enterprise Client is instantiated. Convert Systems Using Recommendations Guided Consolidation recommendations are available, by clicking in the search field and selecting any combination...
... vSphere Client. The number of tasks by 94 VMware, Inc. Viewing Consolidation Tasks A task is installed and enabled on a system and select Convert to Virtual Machine > Manually. 2 Complete the wizard to convert systems manually is available only if the VMware Converter ... properties. You can view detailed information about a task by double-clicking it . You can verify whether VMware Converter Enterprise Client is instantiated. Convert Systems Using Recommendations Guided Consolidation recommendations are available, by clicking in the search field and selecting any combination...
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...-configured virtual machine that was created by other software. You can be imported and an error message appears. See the VMware Converter Enterprise for vCenter Server documentation for faster downloads. n The vSphere Client validates an OVF file before importing it, and ensures that it is compatible with the selected host, it cannot be...
...-configured virtual machine that was created by other software. You can be imported and an error message appears. See the VMware Converter Enterprise for vCenter Server documentation for faster downloads. n The vSphere Client validates an OVF file before importing it, and ensures that it is compatible with the selected host, it cannot be...
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...virtual disk does not change the size of the disk in the allocated space. vSphere Basic System Administration About Virtual Disk Formats When you perform certain virtual machine management ... determines the allocation policy for its initial operations. It is not possible to a snapshot. 118 VMware, Inc. The following disk formats are supported. NOTE If a virtual disk supports clustering solutions such... machine is the default virtual disk format. This is powered off or reverted to convert the thick disk into thick. Thick format does not zero out the blocks in Megabytes...
...virtual disk does not change the size of the disk in the allocated space. vSphere Basic System Administration About Virtual Disk Formats When you perform certain virtual machine management ... determines the allocation policy for its initial operations. It is not possible to a snapshot. 118 VMware, Inc. The following disk formats are supported. NOTE If a virtual disk supports clustering solutions such... machine is the default virtual disk format. This is powered off or reverted to convert the thick disk into thick. Thick format does not zero out the blocks in Megabytes...
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... installation over an rpm installation, or the reverse, the installer detects the previous installation and must convert the installer database format before continuing. 11 Unmount the CD-ROM image: umount /dev/cdrom 12 Run the VMware Tools tar installer. vSphere Basic System Administration 2 Click the Console tab to a working directory (for example, /tmp).
... installation over an rpm installation, or the reverse, the installer detects the previous installation and must convert the installer database format before continuing. 11 Unmount the CD-ROM image: umount /dev/cdrom 12 Run the VMware Tools tar installer. vSphere Basic System Administration 2 Click the Console tab to a working directory (for example, /tmp).
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...sure that the guest operating system starts successfully, and log in as root (su -) and, if necessary, mount the VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM image, as follows. vSphere Basic System Administration If you attempt to install an rpm installation over a tar installation, or the reverse, the installer ...detects the previous installation and must convert the installer database format before continuing. 11 Unmount the CD-ROM image: umount /dev/cdrom 12 Double-click the RPM installer file and step through the installation. 13 Run the ./usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl script to configure tools...
...sure that the guest operating system starts successfully, and log in as root (su -) and, if necessary, mount the VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM image, as follows. vSphere Basic System Administration If you attempt to install an rpm installation over a tar installation, or the reverse, the installer ...detects the previous installation and must convert the installer database format before continuing. 11 Unmount the CD-ROM image: umount /dev/cdrom 12 Double-click the RPM installer file and step through the installation. 13 Run the ./usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl script to configure tools...
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... in order to a virtual machine created on an ESX/ESXi 3.x or earlier host. VMware, Inc. 141 Virtual Machine Configuration 13 You can use of these dialog boxes. If ...lower than the highest version supported by the virtual machine, such as described in the vSphere Client: the Virtual Machine Properties editor and the Add Hardware wizard. The hardware version ... "Virtual Machine Properties Editor," on page 142 n "Adding New Hardware," on page 156 n "Converting Virtual Disks from thin to control advanced virtual machine configuration options. You can also upgrade the virtual ...
... in order to a virtual machine created on an ESX/ESXi 3.x or earlier host. VMware, Inc. 141 Virtual Machine Configuration 13 You can use of these dialog boxes. If ...lower than the highest version supported by the virtual machine, such as described in the vSphere Client: the Virtual Machine Properties editor and the Add Hardware wizard. The hardware version ... "Virtual Machine Properties Editor," on page 142 n "Adding New Hardware," on page 156 n "Converting Virtual Disks from thin to control advanced virtual machine configuration options. You can also upgrade the virtual ...
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...database. They are supported on thin provisioning and disk formats, see ESX Configuration Guide or ESXi Configuration Guide. After having been converted, the virtual disk grows to its initial operations. For more information on the following guest operating systems: n Windows Server 2008...select Rescan Disks. Chapter 13 Virtual Machine Configuration About VMware Paravirtual SCSI Adapters Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapters are high-performance storage adapters that can result in the thin format and, if required, convert it to thick. Paravirtual SCSI adapters are available for...
...database. They are supported on thin provisioning and disk formats, see ESX Configuration Guide or ESXi Configuration Guide. After having been converted, the virtual disk grows to its initial operations. For more information on the following guest operating systems: n Windows Server 2008...select Rescan Disks. Chapter 13 Virtual Machine Configuration About VMware Paravirtual SCSI Adapters Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapters are high-performance storage adapters that can result in the thin format and, if required, convert it to thick. Paravirtual SCSI adapters are available for...
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... dialog box. 3 Click the virtual machine folder to find the virtual disk file you can convert it to do next If your virtual disk is in the Hardware list. What to thick. Convert a Virtual Disk from Thin to Thick If you created a virtual disk in the thin format... Disk Provisioning section on the right shows the type of a Virtual Machine You can inflate it . 164 VMware, Inc. Procedure 1 Select the virtual machine in the inventory. 2 Click Edit Settings to convert. vSphere Basic System Administration Determine the Disk Format of your virtual disk, either Thin or Thick. 4 Click OK...
... dialog box. 3 Click the virtual machine folder to find the virtual disk file you can convert it to do next If your virtual disk is in the Hardware list. What to thick. Convert a Virtual Disk from Thin to Thick If you created a virtual disk in the thin format... Disk Provisioning section on the right shows the type of a Virtual Machine You can inflate it . 164 VMware, Inc. Procedure 1 Select the virtual machine in the inventory. 2 Click Edit Settings to convert. vSphere Basic System Administration Determine the Disk Format of your virtual disk, either Thin or Thick. 4 Click OK...
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...create new virtual machines by : n Using an existing virtual machine in place. VMware, Inc. 165 When complete, the deployed virtual machine is a master copy of a new object. This process converts the original virtual machine. You can create a template by deploying the template ...machine. Virtual machines and templates have different icons. All virtual machines and templates for the datacenter are visible from Templates," on page 168 n "Convert Templates to Virtual Machines," on page 169 n "Deleting Templates," on page 169 n "Regain Templates," on page 170 n "Clone Virtual ...
...create new virtual machines by : n Using an existing virtual machine in place. VMware, Inc. 165 When complete, the deployed virtual machine is a master copy of a new object. This process converts the original virtual machine. You can create a template by deploying the template ...machine. Virtual machines and templates have different icons. All virtual machines and templates for the datacenter are visible from Templates," on page 168 n "Convert Templates to Virtual Machines," on page 169 n "Deleting Templates," on page 169 n "Regain Templates," on page 170 n "Clone Virtual ...
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...log in which format to store the template's virtual disks. Clone Virtual Machine to Template You can use an existing virtual machine to convert into a template. The thin virtual disk starts small and at first, uses just as much storage space as a template and ...displays the task in the thin format. vSphere Basic System Administration Convert Virtual Machine to Template You can clone an existing virtual machine into a template. Procedure 1 Start the vSphere client, and log in the information panel. 166 VMware, Inc. Use the thin format to the virtual disk...
...log in which format to store the template's virtual disks. Clone Virtual Machine to Template You can use an existing virtual machine to convert into a template. The thin virtual disk starts small and at first, uses just as much storage space as a template and ...displays the task in the thin format. vSphere Basic System Administration Convert Virtual Machine to Template You can clone an existing virtual machine into a template. Procedure 1 Start the vSphere client, and log in the information panel. 166 VMware, Inc. Use the thin format to the virtual disk...
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Procedure 1 Start the vSphere client, and log in the Virtual Machines tab. Use the .... Allocate a fixed amount of the original virtual disk. You must convert the template to a virtual machine, edit it, and convert the edited virtual machine to a template. VMware, Inc. 167 The thin virtual disk starts small and at first,...space. You cannot use the new template until the cloning task completes. Procedure 1 Convert the template to a virtual machine. 2 Edit the virtual machine. 3 Convert the virtual machine to a template. Chapter 14 Working with the datacenter appear in ...
Procedure 1 Start the vSphere client, and log in the Virtual Machines tab. Use the .... Allocate a fixed amount of the original virtual disk. You must convert the template to a virtual machine, edit it, and convert the edited virtual machine to a template. VMware, Inc. 167 The thin virtual disk starts small and at first,...space. You cannot use the new template until the cloning task completes. Procedure 1 Convert the template to a virtual machine. 2 Edit the virtual machine. 3 Convert the virtual machine to a template. Chapter 14 Working with the datacenter appear in ...