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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 Join... 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 Join... 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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... objects include datacenters, resource pools, clusters, networks, datastores, templates, hosts, and virtual machines. vSphere Client Interfaces There are several ways to synchronize data such as part 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 creating, managing, and monitoring...
... objects include datacenters, resource pools, clusters, networks, datastores, templates, hosts, and virtual machines. vSphere Client Interfaces There are several ways to synchronize data such as part 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 creating, managing, and monitoring...
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...client-server communications and inter-virtual-machine communication to customize vCenter Orchestrator workflows. VMware Data Recovery is fully integrated with the base product, but require a separate license. The Tomcat Web server is installed as part of workflows that provides complete data protection for VMware... Tomcat Web server to minimize disk usage. vCenter Server centrally coordinates all virtual machines that were running virtual machines from network-based attacks and misuse. vSphere Basic System Administration vShield Zones VMware vCenter Orchestrator VMware Data ...
...client-server communications and inter-virtual-machine communication to customize vCenter Orchestrator workflows. VMware Data Recovery is fully integrated with the base product, but require a separate license. The Tomcat Web server is installed as part of workflows that provides complete data protection for VMware... Tomcat Web server to minimize disk usage. vCenter Server centrally coordinates all virtual machines that were running virtual machines from network-based attacks and misuse. vSphere Basic System Administration vShield Zones VMware vCenter Orchestrator VMware Data ...
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... 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 the ESX/ESXi host. 2 Select the ESX/ESXi host you want to stop... each one of the major vSphere components, ESX/ESXi, and vCenter Server. Procedure 1 Shut ...
... 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 the ESX/ESXi host. 2 Select the ESX/ESXi host you want to stop... each one of the major vSphere components, ESX/ESXi, and vCenter Server. Procedure 1 Shut ...
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... ESX/ESXi or vCenter Server installation: https:///ui 3 Type your Web browser. 2 Enter the URL of vSphere Web Access. 28 VMware, Inc. vSphere Web Access does not have its normal activities in to the vSphere Client. Procedure 1 Launch your user name and password, and click Log In. Remote client devices are finished with your ESX/ESXi host or vCenter...
... ESX/ESXi or vCenter Server installation: https:///ui 3 Type your Web browser. 2 Enter the URL of vSphere Web Access. 28 VMware, Inc. vSphere Web Access does not have its normal activities in to the vSphere Client. Procedure 1 Launch your user name and password, and click Log In. Remote client devices are finished with your ESX/ESXi host or vCenter...
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... access the URL and the extension will use the Add/Remove Programs control panel. vCenter Server, extension servers, and the vSphere Clients that application. 46 VMware, Inc. Most user manipulations are located in an appropriate application and print from the stats extension.xml file: https://SPULOV...Use the Microsoft Windows Print Screen option to use them must be accessesed (files are persistent in which contain the URL where the corresponding Web application can do one of the extension server is similar to save the data. If you do . Procedure u Consult your operating ...
... access the URL and the extension will use the Add/Remove Programs control panel. vCenter Server, extension servers, and the vSphere Clients that application. 46 VMware, Inc. Most user manipulations are located in an appropriate application and print from the stats extension.xml file: https://SPULOV...Use the Microsoft Windows Print Screen option to use them must be accessesed (files are persistent in which contain the URL where the corresponding Web application can do one of the extension server is similar to save the data. If you do . Procedure u Consult your operating ...
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... Settings. 2 If the vCenter Server system is required for the VMware Fault Tolerance feature to configure server settings. The vCenter Server Settings dialog box enables you want vCenter Server and the vSphere Client to verify the SSL certificates of the vCenter Server system's known...Specify the HTTP and HTTPS ports for more information on these settings without contacting VMware technical support. See the vSphere Client online Help for the Web Service to use a VMware License Server. vSphere Basic System Administration Configuring vCenter Server You use this option to modify the ...
... Settings. 2 If the vCenter Server system is required for the VMware Fault Tolerance feature to configure server settings. The vCenter Server Settings dialog box enables you want vCenter Server and the vSphere Client to verify the SSL certificates of the vCenter Server system's known...Specify the HTTP and HTTPS ports for more information on these settings without contacting VMware technical support. See the vSphere Client online Help for the Web Service to use a VMware License Server. vSphere Basic System Administration Configuring vCenter Server You use this option to modify the ...
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...not available when your vSphere Client is connected to a vCenter Server system, click the Sessions button. The email address of a web proxy, vCenter Server can... send a message to all users logged on the Home page of a vSphere Client. Working with ...and you configure alarm actions. To perform this task, the vSphere Client must perform the following tasks: n Configure the SMTP server ...Server, and the vSphere Client By default, the vSphere Client uses ports 80 and 443 to allow communication between the vSphere Client and vCenter Server by...
...not available when your vSphere Client is connected to a vCenter Server system, click the Sessions button. The email address of a web proxy, vCenter Server can... send a message to all users logged on the Home page of a vSphere Client. Working with ...and you configure alarm actions. To perform this task, the vSphere Client must perform the following tasks: n Configure the SMTP server ...Server, and the vSphere Client By default, the vSphere Client uses ports 80 and 443 to allow communication between the vSphere Client and vCenter Server by...
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... Warnings from the View menu. The Hardware Status tab displays a security alert. g Click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box. 84 VMware, Inc. The root of information to resolve the domain name of the vCenter Server system. Procedure 1 Log in a tree view, select Sensors... from the View menu. b Select Tools > Internet Options. d Select the Local intranet Web content zone. Use the information in this topic to a vCenter Server system using the vSphere Client, and display the Hosts and Clusters view in the inventory. 2 Select the host in the...
... Warnings from the View menu. The Hardware Status tab displays a security alert. g Click OK to close the Internet Options dialog box. 84 VMware, Inc. The root of information to resolve the domain name of the vCenter Server system. Procedure 1 Log in a tree view, select Sensors... from the View menu. b Select Tools > Internet Options. d Select the Local intranet Web content zone. Use the information in this topic to a vCenter Server system using the vSphere Client, and display the Hosts and Clusters view in the inventory. 2 Select the host in the...
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...Accounts must be fully-qualified and can be installed, enabled, and running on the vSphere Client. VMware, Inc. 89 This is because of installation. As users behind the firewalls visit Windows-based Web sites, those servers frequently respond with vCenter Server. Chapter 8 Consolidating the Datacenter n... Windows Server 2003 Standard/Web/Enterprise (32 bit and 64 bit) n Windows Vista (32 bit and 64 ...
...Accounts must be fully-qualified and can be installed, enabled, and running on the vSphere Client. VMware, Inc. 89 This is because of installation. As users behind the firewalls visit Windows-based Web sites, those servers frequently respond with vCenter Server. Chapter 8 Consolidating the Datacenter n... Windows Server 2003 Standard/Web/Enterprise (32 bit and 64 bit) n Windows Vista (32 bit and 64 ...
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... that was created by other software. Deploying an OVF template is compatible with the selected host, it is similar to the vSphere Client machine, or from a web URL. This chapter includes the following advantages: n OVF files are compressed, allowing for more information. Deploying an OVF template...module. However, you to add pre-configured virtual machines to your vCenter Server inventory. Deploying OVF Templates 9 The VMware vSphere Client (vSphere Client) allows you to create virtual appliances that can be imported and an error message appears. If the appliance is ...
... that was created by other software. Deploying an OVF template is compatible with the selected host, it is similar to the vSphere Client machine, or from a web URL. This chapter includes the following advantages: n OVF files are compressed, allowing for more information. Deploying an OVF template...module. However, you to add pre-configured virtual machines to your vCenter Server inventory. Deploying OVF Templates 9 The VMware vSphere Client (vSphere Client) allows you to create virtual appliances that can be imported and an error message appears. If the appliance is ...
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... only in the case of properties that contain asterisk (*) characters, those characters turn into the vSphere client by publishing the URL to import into a single .ova file. to enter depend on a web server or image library. Select Physical Media (OVA) to distribute the OVF package as a ... set of the template. To get to publish the OVF files on the selected IP allocation scheme. Browse VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace Available vApps appear in the vSphere Client Status panel. For example, type MyVm NOTE When exporting an OVF template with a name that you plan ...
... only in the case of properties that contain asterisk (*) characters, those characters turn into the vSphere client by publishing the URL to import into a single .ova file. to enter depend on a web server or image library. Select Physical Media (OVA) to distribute the OVF package as a ... set of the template. To get to publish the OVF files on the selected IP allocation scheme. Browse VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace Available vApps appear in the vSphere Client Status panel. For example, type MyVm NOTE When exporting an OVF template with a name that you plan ...
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...found under General. Procedure u In the Summary page for the proxy server. For example, web-proxy:3912 is available. A host must be powered on according to the product and vendor Web sites are generated for virtual machine placements. Power On a vApp Each application within a ...Select a network and click Next. 8 Complete the vApp clone. Chapter 10 Managing VMware vApp 4 Enter the server name and port number for the service, click Power On. Prerequisites To clone a vApp, the vSphere Client must be selected in the inventory that virtual machine. Links to how the startup...
...found under General. Procedure u In the Summary page for the proxy server. For example, web-proxy:3912 is available. A host must be powered on according to the product and vendor Web sites are generated for virtual machine placements. Power On a vApp Each application within a ...Select a network and click Next. 8 Complete the vApp clone. Chapter 10 Managing VMware vApp 4 Enter the server name and port number for the service, click Power On. Prerequisites To clone a vApp, the vSphere Client must be selected in the inventory that virtual machine. Links to how the startup...
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...operating system, the virtual machine must specify a name for guest customization, see the vSphere Compatibility Matrixes at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_compatibility_matrix.pdf on the VMware vSphere documentation Web site. To ensure that will identify the guest operating system on the network and... host running . n The clone or template has a root volume formatted with a prompt for the new guest operating system. The vSphere Client populates the Deploy Virtual Machine wizard with an ext2, ext3, or ReiserFS file system. This appends a hyphen followed by a numeric ...
...operating system, the virtual machine must specify a name for guest customization, see the vSphere Compatibility Matrixes at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_compatibility_matrix.pdf on the VMware vSphere documentation Web site. To ensure that will identify the guest operating system on the network and... host running . n The clone or template has a root volume formatted with a prompt for the new guest operating system. The vSphere Client populates the Deploy Virtual Machine wizard with an ext2, ext3, or ReiserFS file system. This appends a hyphen followed by a numeric ...
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... - You can assign a collection level of the data collection cycle. NOTE The cluster services metrics appear only in the vSphere Client depends on page 348 Cluster Services Metrics The cluster-services metric group (clusterServices) tracks performance statistics for all counters. datastores ... (distributed resource scheduler), VMware HA (high availability), or both. vSphere Basic System Administration Collection Level V H R C D Indicates the minimum value to which the counter applies. You can use the vShpere Web Services SDK to be set for the metric to ...
... - You can assign a collection level of the data collection cycle. NOTE The cluster services metrics appear only in the vSphere Client depends on page 348 Cluster Services Metrics The cluster-services metric group (clusterServices) tracks performance statistics for all counters. datastores ... (distributed resource scheduler), VMware HA (high availability), or both. vSphere Basic System Administration Collection Level V H R C D Indicates the minimum value to which the counter applies. You can use the vShpere Web Services SDK to be set for the metric to ...
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...load balancing 22 Lockdown mode 78, 79 Log Entries 65 VMware, Inc. Index log files collecting 69 ESX 69 export 66 external 66 turning off compression 70 logging in vSphere Client 27 vSphere Web Access 28 logging out vSphere Client 28 vSphere Web Access 28 logs collecting 69 ESX 66 ESXi 66 export ...68 vCenter Server settings 48 vSphere Client 66 LSI logic 117 LUNs 119, 160 M mail, vCenter Server ...
...load balancing 22 Lockdown mode 78, 79 Log Entries 65 VMware, Inc. Index log files collecting 69 ESX 69 export 66 external 66 turning off compression 70 logging in vSphere Client 27 vSphere Web Access 28 logging out vSphere Client 28 vSphere Web Access 28 logs collecting 69 ESX 66 ESXi 66 export ...68 vCenter Server settings 48 vSphere Client 66 LSI logic 117 LUNs 119, 160 M mail, vCenter Server ...
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...action scripts 247 suspend, virtual machines 136 swapfile 148 syslog 68 Sysprep Tools installing 321 installing from CD 322 installing from Web 321 system logs configuring 69 definition 17 ESX 66 ESXi 66 VMkernel 70 System Logs 67 system metrics 347 Systems Management ...VMWARE-PRODUCTS-MIB 60 VMWARE-RESOURCES-MIB 60 VMWARE-ROOT-MIB 56 VMWARE-SYSTEM-MIB 61 VMWARE-TC-MIB 61 VMWARE-VC-EVENT-MIB 62 VMWARE-VMINFO-MIB 62 Solaris 126 SSE3, CPU compatibility 188 SSE4.1, CPU compatibilty 188 SSH 29 SSL, vCenter Server 48 SSL certificate 81 SSSE3, CPU compatibility 188 standby 134 starting, vSphere Client...
...action scripts 247 suspend, virtual machines 136 swapfile 148 syslog 68 Sysprep Tools installing 321 installing from CD 322 installing from Web 321 system logs configuring 69 definition 17 ESX 66 ESXi 66 VMkernel 70 System Logs 67 system metrics 347 Systems Management ...VMWARE-PRODUCTS-MIB 60 VMWARE-RESOURCES-MIB 60 VMWARE-ROOT-MIB 56 VMWARE-SYSTEM-MIB 61 VMWARE-TC-MIB 61 VMWARE-VC-EVENT-MIB 62 VMWARE-VMINFO-MIB 62 Solaris 126 SSE3, CPU compatibility 188 SSE4.1, CPU compatibilty 188 SSH 29 SSL, vCenter Server 48 SSL certificate 81 SSSE3, CPU compatibility 188 standby 134 starting, vSphere Client...
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...diagram 133 vSphere Client about 39 communication through firewall 49 diagram 133 logging in 27 logging out 28 logs 66 panels 40 printing data 46 sessions 49, 50 starting 27 stop 28 vSphere Web Access logging in 28 logging out 28 VWS 34, 35 W watchdog, health monitoring 83 Web Service, vCenter... Server settings 48 Windows, guest operating system customization 173 WWN 150 WYSE, install 130 WYSE multimedia 130 X X terminal 122 XD 187 VMware, Inc. 363
...diagram 133 vSphere Client about 39 communication through firewall 49 diagram 133 logging in 27 logging out 28 logs 66 panels 40 printing data 46 sessions 49, 50 starting 27 stop 28 vSphere Web Access logging in 28 logging out 28 VWS 34, 35 W watchdog, health monitoring 83 Web Service, vCenter... Server settings 48 Windows, guest operating system customization 173 WWN 150 WYSE, install 130 WYSE multimedia 130 X X terminal 122 XD 187 VMware, Inc. 363