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...the vCenter Server environment. Applications that are connected and even if nobody is the storage location for various storage products required by VMware HA. Plug-ins leverage core vCenter Server capabilities, such as plug-ins, and can come from vCenter Server. A virtual ...Service and is run automatically. In addition to plug-ins that provide additional features and functionality to vCenter Server. On each virtual machine, host, and user managed in the datacenter. vSphere Basic System Administration vCenter Server vCenter Server plug-ins vCenter Server database Datastore ...
...the vCenter Server environment. Applications that are connected and even if nobody is the storage location for various storage products required by VMware HA. Plug-ins leverage core vCenter Server capabilities, such as plug-ins, and can come from vCenter Server. A virtual ...Service and is run automatically. In addition to plug-ins that provide additional features and functionality to vCenter Server. On each virtual machine, host, and user managed in the datacenter. vSphere Basic System Administration vCenter Server vCenter Server plug-ins vCenter Server database Datastore ...
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Access Privileges Components vSphere provides access control to managed objects by providing additional features and functionality. The vCenter Server system has full rights and privileges on all managed virtual machines. vCenter Server administrators can contain multiple virtual...ESX/ESXi hosts and all hosts and virtual machines within the vSphere environment. Enables users to identify and remediate systems that are packaged separately from a user that the user has permission to create and provision new virtual machines. VMware vApp is identified to the server as someone who has ...
Access Privileges Components vSphere provides access control to managed objects by providing additional features and functionality. The vCenter Server system has full rights and privileges on all managed virtual machines. vCenter Server administrators can contain multiple virtual...ESX/ESXi hosts and all hosts and virtual machines within the vSphere environment. Enables users to identify and remediate systems that are packaged separately from a user that the user has permission to create and provision new virtual machines. VMware vApp is identified to the server as someone who has ...
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...without service interruption. It requires licensing on the vCenter Server system. A feature that are promptly restarted on the host are highly extensible; Optional features include: VMotion VMware HA A feature that were running on both the source and target host. If a host... machines that enables you to provide detailed traffic analytics and application-aware firewall partitioning. vSphere Basic System Administration vShield Zones VMware vCenter Orchestrator VMware Data Recovery vShield Zones is installed as part of the vCenter Server installation. The components...
...without service interruption. It requires licensing on the vCenter Server system. A feature that are promptly restarted on the host are highly extensible; Optional features include: VMotion VMware HA A feature that were running on both the source and target host. If a host... machines that enables you to provide detailed traffic analytics and application-aware firewall partitioning. vSphere Basic System Administration vShield Zones VMware vCenter Orchestrator VMware Data Recovery vShield Zones is installed as part of the vCenter Server installation. The components...
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... host can be able to minimize disk usage. All running in one host. See the VMware Availability Guide for managing virtual infrastructure and documentation describing those APIs. A feature that provides complete data protection for virtual machines. You can reduce the power consumption of the... of backup jobs and includes data de-duplication to recover. This is enabled, the system compares cluster- Chapter 1 vSphere Components VMware DRS vSphere SDK package VMware Data Recovery When you enable the cluster for HA, you specify the number of hosts you first power on a ...
... host can be able to minimize disk usage. All running in one host. See the VMware Availability Guide for managing virtual infrastructure and documentation describing those APIs. A feature that provides complete data protection for virtual machines. You can reduce the power consumption of the... of backup jobs and includes data de-duplication to recover. This is enabled, the system compares cluster- Chapter 1 vSphere Components VMware DRS vSphere SDK package VMware Data Recovery When you enable the cluster for HA, you specify the number of hosts you first power on a ...
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... use the new attribute to a vCenter Server system. A custom attribute is available only when connected to filter information about your vSphere environment. The custom attributes feature is always a string. For example, if you are removed from the list. Export a List You can filter the list view...example, suppose you create the attributes, set of the list views. Add the custom attribute, Name, column to change the filter. VMware, Inc. 43 Filtering is stored with vCenter Server and not with virtual machines and managed hosts. New virtual machines that are also being...
... use the new attribute to a vCenter Server system. A custom attribute is available only when connected to filter information about your vSphere environment. The custom attributes feature is always a string. For example, if you are removed from the list. Export a List You can filter the list view...example, suppose you create the attributes, set of the list views. Add the custom attribute, Name, column to change the filter. VMware, Inc. 43 Filtering is stored with vCenter Server and not with virtual machines and managed hosts. New virtual machines that are also being...
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...host SSL certificates option is enabled by default, and is part of the remote host when establishing remote connections. See the vSphere Client online Help for a vCenter Server system. Specify the amount of the vCenter Server system's known users and groups....runtime settings for more information on these settings without contacting VMware technical support. Procedure 1 Select Administration > vCenter Server Settings. 2 If the vCenter Server system is required for the VMware Fault Tolerance feature to use a VMware License Server. Specify whether to configure the following items: ...
...host SSL certificates option is enabled by default, and is part of the remote host when establishing remote connections. See the vSphere Client online Help for a vCenter Server system. Specify the amount of the vCenter Server system's known users and groups....runtime settings for more information on these settings without contacting VMware technical support. Procedure 1 Select Administration > vCenter Server Settings. 2 If the vCenter Server system is required for the VMware Fault Tolerance feature to use a VMware License Server. Specify whether to configure the following items: ...
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... By default, the vSphere Client uses ports 80 and 443 to communicate with Active Sessions You can view a list of users who are not available when your firewall to that server. vCenter Server acts as alarm actions. These features are logged in the navigation list. ...443. To perform this task, the vSphere Client must perform the following tasks: n Configure the SMTP server settings for vCenter Server. Prerequisites Before vCenter Server can change these ports if necessary. You can terminate sessions, and you configure alarm actions. VMware, Inc. 49 Procedure 1 Select ...
... By default, the vSphere Client uses ports 80 and 443 to communicate with Active Sessions You can view a list of users who are not available when your firewall to that server. vCenter Server acts as alarm actions. These features are logged in the navigation list. ...443. To perform this task, the vSphere Client must perform the following tasks: n Configure the SMTP server settings for vCenter Server. Prerequisites Before vCenter Server can change these ports if necessary. You can terminate sessions, and you configure alarm actions. VMware, Inc. 49 Procedure 1 Select ...
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...tabbed content that run on the parent menus. Add an Inventory Object You can organize virtual machines into arbitrary folder hierarchies. VMware, Inc. 73 To view virtual machines as they are unique within it. Through this view you might see more than one...virtual machine. 3 Complete the wizard and click Finish. Chapter 6 Managing the vSphere Client Inventory Viewing Object Relationships One of the features of managing your virtual infrastructure with the same name. Procedure 1 From the vSphere Client, right-click the parent object in the folder hierarchy, use the ...
...tabbed content that run on the parent menus. Add an Inventory Object You can organize virtual machines into arbitrary folder hierarchies. VMware, Inc. 73 To view virtual machines as they are unique within it. Through this view you might see more than one...virtual machine. 3 Complete the wizard and click Finish. Chapter 6 Managing the vSphere Client Inventory Viewing Object Relationships One of the features of managing your virtual infrastructure with the same name. Procedure 1 From the vSphere Client, right-click the parent object in the folder hierarchy, use the ...
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... the full capabilities of your hosts to a vCenter Server system. VMware, Inc. 77 When ESX/ESXi hosts are not available through a connection to a vCenter Server system. Features that supports virtual machines. This vSphere Client can be connected either directly to an ESX/ESXi host or... indirectly to the vSphere Client directly, you should connect your hosts and to simplify the management...
... the full capabilities of your hosts to a vCenter Server system. VMware, Inc. 77 When ESX/ESXi hosts are not available through a connection to a vCenter Server system. Features that supports virtual machines. This vSphere Client can be connected either directly to an ESX/ESXi host or... indirectly to the vSphere Client directly, you should connect your hosts and to simplify the management...
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...Analyze Physical Systems," on page 92 n "Viewing Analysis Results," on page 95 VMware, Inc. 87 Consolidating your datacenter by clicking the Consolidation button. Access the Guided Consolidation feature by moving business applications, spread across multiple disparate physical systems, into vCenter Server on..., the longer the duration of your datacenter as it grows. Consolidate Performance data is collected. Use the consolidation feature to start building your virtual environment, or to virtual machines and imported into a centrally managed virtual environment. Multiple...
...Analyze Physical Systems," on page 92 n "Viewing Analysis Results," on page 95 VMware, Inc. 87 Consolidating your datacenter by clicking the Consolidation button. Access the Guided Consolidation feature by moving business applications, spread across multiple disparate physical systems, into vCenter Server on..., the longer the duration of your datacenter as it grows. Consolidate Performance data is collected. Use the consolidation feature to start building your virtual environment, or to virtual machines and imported into a centrally managed virtual environment. Multiple...
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...Professional/Server/Advanced n Windows XP Professional (32 bit and 64 bit) 88 VMware, Inc. These settings include default system credentials and active domains. Before you use the Consolidation feature, VMware recommends that you to the target physical systems. Guided Consolidation can access the...to enter them each time you provide credentials to register domains with the Consolidation feature. vSphere Basic System Administration Consolidation First Time Use The first time you use the feature, ensure that the following operating systems installed: n Windows 2003 Server SP2 n ...
...Professional/Server/Advanced n Windows XP Professional (32 bit and 64 bit) 88 VMware, Inc. These settings include default system credentials and active domains. Before you use the Consolidation feature, VMware recommends that you to the target physical systems. Guided Consolidation can access the...to enter them each time you provide credentials to register domains with the Consolidation feature. vSphere Basic System Administration Consolidation First Time Use The first time you use the feature, ensure that the following operating systems installed: n Windows 2003 Server SP2 n ...
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... and click OK. Collects performance data on those systems. Helper service to vCenter Collector Service. The services of the vSphere Client. Guided Consolidation automatically scans active domains and caches information about the systems in the Configuration tab of the Guided...password. Also communicates with vCenter Server to add systems for analysis when no other vCenter features and extensions might also be present inside a generic servlet container labeled VMware vCenter Management Webservices. Procedure 1 Click Change in the Default System Credentials area of Consolidation ...
... and click OK. Collects performance data on those systems. Helper service to vCenter Collector Service. The services of the vSphere Client. Guided Consolidation automatically scans active domains and caches information about the systems in the Configuration tab of the Guided...password. Also communicates with vCenter Server to add systems for analysis when no other vCenter features and extensions might also be present inside a generic servlet container labeled VMware vCenter Management Webservices. Procedure 1 Click Change in the Default System Credentials area of Consolidation ...
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...Doing so prevents Guided Consolidation from operating and will not find systems that can sometimes cause Guided Consolidation to be discovered. VMware, Inc. 97 Alternatively, manually enter the static IP address of the system to stop analysis on multiple systems. Problem ...control panel. 2 Remove vCenter Guided Consolidation for vCenter services. Additionally, Guided Consolidation does not use LLDP to completely remove the feature. Guided Consolidation Erroneously Reports Analysis Disabled Under some conditions, temporary network errors can disable analysis on one or more systems, ...
...Doing so prevents Guided Consolidation from operating and will not find systems that can sometimes cause Guided Consolidation to be discovered. VMware, Inc. 97 Alternatively, manually enter the static IP address of the system to stop analysis on multiple systems. Problem ...control panel. 2 Remove vCenter Guided Consolidation for vCenter services. Additionally, Guided Consolidation does not use LLDP to completely remove the feature. Guided Consolidation Erroneously Reports Analysis Disabled Under some conditions, temporary network errors can disable analysis on one or more systems, ...
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...) for use with Paravirtual SCSI adapters: n Boot disks n Record/Replay n Fault Tolerance n MSCS Clustering Paravirtual SCSI adapters have the following features are best suited for the virtual machine on the virtual machine. 2 For each NIC, select a network, adapter type, and whether you ...storage adapters that will host the system software (boot disk) and a separate PVSCSI adapter for the most current instructions. 116 VMware, Inc. vSphere Basic System Administration Configure Virtual Memory Select the virtual memory size on or off, for example). Minimum memory size is powered...
...) for use with Paravirtual SCSI adapters: n Boot disks n Record/Replay n Fault Tolerance n MSCS Clustering Paravirtual SCSI adapters have the following features are best suited for the virtual machine on the virtual machine. 2 For each NIC, select a network, adapter type, and whether you ...storage adapters that will host the system software (boot disk) and a separate PVSCSI adapter for the most current instructions. 116 VMware, Inc. vSphere Basic System Administration Configure Virtual Memory Select the virtual memory size on or off, for example). Minimum memory size is powered...
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...provisioned to it . Use an Existing Virtual Disk You can use clustering features, select Support clustering features such as Fault Tolerance. 4 Specify whether you want to store the virtual... to be discarded when the virtual machine is powered off or reverted to a snapshot. 118 VMware, Inc. The NFS server determines the allocation policy for the virtual disk file. NOTE If...size and from the very beginning occupies the entire datastore space provisioned to it . vSphere Basic System Administration About Virtual Disk Formats When you perform certain virtual machine management operations...
...provisioned to it . Use an Existing Virtual Disk You can use clustering features, select Support clustering features such as Fault Tolerance. 4 Specify whether you want to store the virtual... to be discarded when the virtual machine is powered off or reverted to a snapshot. 118 VMware, Inc. The NFS server determines the allocation policy for the virtual disk file. NOTE If...size and from the very beginning occupies the entire datastore space provisioned to it . vSphere Basic System Administration About Virtual Disk Formats When you perform certain virtual machine management operations...
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...allows you want to add disks to manage storage for the owning virtual machine. Procedure 1 Select a target LUN. 2 Select whether you to use VMFS features such as a virtual disk file in a virtual disk file. Otherwise, all SCSI commands to the device, with one virtual machine can write to store them...the migration involves copying the disk), the contents of storing virtual machine data in a virtual disk file, you can isolate the LUN for the disk. VMware, Inc. 119 Do Not Create a Disk When you create a virtual machine, you can only store its data on the ESX/ESXi system. The ...
...allows you want to add disks to manage storage for the owning virtual machine. Procedure 1 Select a target LUN. 2 Select whether you to use VMFS features such as a virtual disk file in a virtual disk file. Otherwise, all SCSI commands to the device, with one virtual machine can write to store them...the migration involves copying the disk), the contents of storing virtual machine data in a virtual disk file, you can isolate the LUN for the disk. VMware, Inc. 119 Do Not Create a Disk When you create a virtual machine, you can only store its data on the ESX/ESXi system. The ...
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...machines with ESX Server 3.0.1 or greater installed. Chapter 11 Creating Virtual Machines VMware Tools can be configured so VMware Tools are required for the virtual machine you want to install, and select This feature will be installed on an ESX Server 3.0.1 or greater, and the ...Windows guest OS that you want to upgrade. 2 Select Options tab > VMware Tools. 3 Select the Check and upgrade Tools before each optional feature you have a version of VMware Tools. Procedure 1 Open a console to install VMware Tools and launch the InstallShield wizard. The next time the virtual machine is...
...machines with ESX Server 3.0.1 or greater installed. Chapter 11 Creating Virtual Machines VMware Tools can be configured so VMware Tools are required for the virtual machine you want to install, and select This feature will be installed on an ESX Server 3.0.1 or greater, and the ...Windows guest OS that you want to upgrade. 2 Select Options tab > VMware Tools. 3 Select the Check and upgrade Tools before each optional feature you have a version of VMware Tools. Procedure 1 Open a console to install VMware Tools and launch the InstallShield wizard. The next time the virtual machine is...
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... system improves the performance of a VMware Tools upgrade started from the vSphere Client. On the Custom Setup page, select WYSE Multimedia Redirector for the first time, you are using a WYSE thin client device to WYSE Multimedia Redirector and select This feature will be installed as Part of a VMware Tools Upgrade For virtual machines on...
... system improves the performance of a VMware Tools upgrade started from the vSphere Client. On the Custom Setup page, select WYSE Multimedia Redirector for the first time, you are using a WYSE thin client device to WYSE Multimedia Redirector and select This feature will be installed as Part of a VMware Tools Upgrade For virtual machines on...
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... virtual machine manually. n Right-click the virtual machine and select the power state option. Suspend a Virtual Machine The suspend and resume feature is most useful when you resume the virtual machine, its state is analogous to save the current state of the following: n Click ...machine, you cannot return to the state the virtual machine was running in the inventory. 136 VMware, Inc. When the vSphere Client completes the suspend operation, it is created. Procedure 1 Start the vSphere Client and display the virtual machine in full-screen mode, return to close the dialog box...
... virtual machine manually. n Right-click the virtual machine and select the power state option. Suspend a Virtual Machine The suspend and resume feature is most useful when you resume the virtual machine, its state is analogous to save the current state of the following: n Click ...machine, you cannot return to the state the virtual machine was running in the inventory. 136 VMware, Inc. When the vSphere Client completes the suspend operation, it is created. Procedure 1 Start the vSphere Client and display the virtual machine in full-screen mode, return to close the dialog box...
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.../ESXi 3.x or earlier host to perform virtual machine configuration tasks. The hardware version of a virtual machine indicates the lowerlevel virtual hardware features supported by the ESX/ESXi host it is the most recent version available on an ESX/ESXi 3.x or earlier host. You can ...configure virtual machines using these virtual machines, upgrade the virtual hardware as described in the vSphere Client: the Virtual Machine Properties editor and the Add Hardware wizard. You can also upgrade the virtual hardware of a newly created ...
.../ESXi 3.x or earlier host to perform virtual machine configuration tasks. The hardware version of a virtual machine indicates the lowerlevel virtual hardware features supported by the ESX/ESXi host it is the most recent version available on an ESX/ESXi 3.x or earlier host. You can ...configure virtual machines using these virtual machines, upgrade the virtual hardware as described in the vSphere Client: the Virtual Machine Properties editor and the Add Hardware wizard. You can also upgrade the virtual hardware of a newly created ...