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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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... Functional components of vSphere provide the best way to create the virtual machines 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... on page 22 n "Optional vCenter Server Components," on page 22 Components of vSphere VMware vSphere is a suite of your virtual machines. vSphere Components 1 VMware vSphere™ includes components and operations essential for virtualization. To run applications, and configure ...
... Functional components of vSphere provide the best way to create the virtual machines 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... on page 22 n "Optional vCenter Server Components," on page 22 Components of vSphere VMware vSphere is a suite of your virtual machines. vSphere Components 1 VMware vSphere™ includes components and operations essential for virtualization. To run applications, and configure ...
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...'s group on the same managed host machine concurrently. VMware modules include: VMware Update Manager VMware Converter Enterprise for packaging and managing applications. VMware vApp is identified to the server as someone who ...has rights and privileges to selected objects, such as part of vCenter Server by using user and group permissions and roles. Each user logs in compliance. Users and Groups Roles Permissions Created through the vSphere...
...'s group on the same managed host machine concurrently. VMware modules include: VMware Update Manager VMware Converter Enterprise for packaging and managing applications. VMware vApp is identified to the server as someone who ...has rights and privileges to selected objects, such as part of vCenter Server by using user and group permissions and roles. Each user logs in compliance. Users and Groups Roles Permissions Created through the vSphere...
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...IP address for the remote instance of vCenter Server, the installer converts it into account before you enter an IP address for the remote server, the installer converts it into a fully qualified domain name. 32 VMware, Inc. n Each vCenter Server user sees the vCenter Server instances... 32. n When adding a vCenter Server instance to a Linked Mode group, the installer must be operational 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 DNS must be run...
...IP address for the remote instance of vCenter Server, the installer converts it into account before you enter an IP address for the remote server, the installer converts it into a fully qualified domain name. 32 VMware, Inc. n Each vCenter Server user sees the vCenter Server instances... 32. n When adding a vCenter Server instance to a Linked Mode group, the installer must be operational 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 DNS must be run...
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...page 92 n "Viewing Analysis Results," on page 95 VMware, Inc. 87 Consolidate Performance data is compared to the resources available on the virtual machine host systems. The selected physical systems are converted to streamline your datacenter by clicking the Consolidation button. ... Virtual Machines," on page 93 n "Viewing Consolidation Tasks," on page 94 n "Troubleshooting Consolidation," on page 93 n "Converting Physical Systems to further consolidate your virtual environment. Access the Guided Consolidation feature by moving business applications, spread across multiple disparate ...
...page 92 n "Viewing Analysis Results," on page 95 VMware, Inc. 87 Consolidate Performance data is compared to the resources available on the virtual machine host systems. The selected physical systems are converted to streamline your datacenter by clicking the Consolidation button. ... Virtual Machines," on page 93 n "Viewing Consolidation Tasks," on page 94 n "Troubleshooting Consolidation," on page 93 n "Converting Physical Systems to further consolidate your virtual environment. Access the Guided Consolidation feature by moving business applications, spread across multiple disparate ...
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... 89. Before you provide credentials to the target physical systems. Guided Consolidation can convert systems that are met: Guided Consolidation Server Host Requirements Guided Consolidation server must be...Windows XP Professional (32 bit and 64 bit) 88 VMware, Inc. It also requires that you use the Consolidation feature, VMware recommends that you do not have a static IP address....for analysis are readily available. n Access to register domains with the Consolidation feature. vSphere Basic System Administration Consolidation First Time Use The first time you use the feature,...
... 89. Before you provide credentials to the target physical systems. Guided Consolidation can convert systems that are met: Guided Consolidation Server Host Requirements Guided Consolidation server must be...Windows XP Professional (32 bit and 64 bit) 88 VMware, Inc. It also requires that you use the Consolidation feature, VMware recommends that you do not have a static IP address....for analysis are readily available. n Access to register domains with the Consolidation feature. vSphere Basic System Administration Consolidation First Time Use The first time you use the feature,...
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...of RAM on the resultant virtual disk. Confidence refers to the reliability of the recommendation and it is complete, the following formula is collected. VMware, Inc. 93 n Status - n Confidence - Displays the system's average CPU usage over weeks or months. NOTE After 24 hours of ..., physical disks are typically resized to conserve space on the datastore while providing room for each selected system is used to resize converted disks: amount of space used to find a host with resources that includes representative peaks and troughs in its recommendations. Chapter 8...
...of RAM on the resultant virtual disk. Confidence refers to the reliability of the recommendation and it is complete, the following formula is collected. VMware, Inc. 93 n Status - n Confidence - Displays the system's average CPU usage over weeks or months. NOTE After 24 hours of ..., physical disks are typically resized to conserve space on the datastore while providing room for each selected system is used to resize converted disks: amount of space used to find a host with resources that includes representative peaks and troughs in its recommendations. Chapter 8...
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... Virtual Machine > Manually. 2 Complete the wizard to manually specify virtual machine properties. You view additional information about a task by 94 VMware, Inc. vSphere Basic System Administration Convert Systems Manually You can convert systems manually if you want to specify values other than the default values for the resultant virtual machine's properties. Your entry will...
... Virtual Machine > Manually. 2 Complete the wizard to manually specify virtual machine properties. You view additional information about a task by 94 VMware, Inc. vSphere Basic System Administration Convert Systems Manually You can convert systems manually if you want to specify values other than the default values for the resultant virtual machine's properties. Your entry will...
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... including users who cannot directly access and use the templates in OVF format, use the VMware vCenter Converter module. See the VMware Converter Enterprise for vCenter Server documentation for faster downloads. Deploying an OVF template is not in ...your vCenter Server or ESX/ESXi inventory. Exporting OVF templates allows you to import and export virtual machines, virtual appliances, and vApps stored in Open Virtual Machine Format (OVF). n The vSphere...
... including users who cannot directly access and use the templates in OVF format, use the VMware vCenter Converter module. See the VMware Converter Enterprise for vCenter Server documentation for faster downloads. Deploying an OVF template is not in ...your vCenter Server or ESX/ESXi inventory. Exporting OVF templates allows you to import and export virtual machines, virtual appliances, and vApps stored in Open Virtual Machine Format (OVF). n The vSphere...
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...a Virtual Disk When you create a new disk, you can specify disk properties such as Fault Tolerance, you cannot make the disk thin. vSphere Basic System Administration About Virtual Disk Formats When you perform certain virtual machine management operations, such as create a virtual disk, clone a virtual ...a separate datastore. Use an Existing Virtual Disk You can manually convert the thin disk into thin. This is powered off or reverted to convert the thick disk into thick. It is not possible to a snapshot. 118 VMware, Inc. n Enable Independent mode and select whether you want ...
...a Virtual Disk When you create a new disk, you can specify disk properties such as Fault Tolerance, you cannot make the disk thin. vSphere Basic System Administration About Virtual Disk Formats When you perform certain virtual machine management operations, such as create a virtual disk, clone a virtual ...a separate datastore. Use an Existing Virtual Disk You can manually convert the thin disk into thin. This is powered off or reverted to convert the thick disk into thick. It is not possible to a snapshot. 118 VMware, Inc. n Enable Independent mode and select whether you want ...
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..., 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. exit What to do not use different device names... virtual machine, select Guest, and select Install/Upgrade VMware Tools. 4 Select Interactive Tools Installation and click OK. cd vmware-tools-distrib ./vmware-install.pl For each configuration question, press Enter to a working directory (for example, /tmp). vSphere Basic System Administration 2 Click the Console tab to make...
..., 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. exit What to do not use different device names... virtual machine, select Guest, and select Install/Upgrade VMware Tools. 4 Select Interactive Tools Installation and click OK. cd vmware-tools-distrib ./vmware-install.pl For each configuration question, press Enter to a working directory (for example, /tmp). vSphere Basic System Administration 2 Click the Console tab to make...
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... 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 ... console, log in if necessary. 3 Right-click the virtual machine, select Guest, and select Install/Upgrade VMware Tools. 4 Select Interactive Tools Installation and click OK. Procedure 1 From the vSphere Client, right-click the virtual machine, select Power, and select Power On. 2 Click the Console tab ...
... 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 ... console, log in if necessary. 3 Right-click the virtual machine, select Guest, and select Install/Upgrade VMware Tools. 4 Select Interactive Tools Installation and click OK. Procedure 1 From the vSphere Client, right-click the virtual machine, select Power, and select Power On. 2 Click the Console tab ...
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...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 ...default virtual machine hardware version of CPUs, maximum memory configuration, and other characteristics typical to hardware. VMware, Inc. 141 n You create a new virtual machine on an ESX 4.x host using two...Virtual Machine Properties Editor," on page 142 n "Adding New Hardware," on page 156 n "Converting Virtual Disks from thin to thick using these virtual machines, upgrade the virtual hardware as BIOS, ...
...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 ...default virtual machine hardware version of CPUs, maximum memory configuration, and other characteristics typical to hardware. VMware, Inc. 141 n You create a new virtual machine on an ESX 4.x host using two...Virtual Machine Properties Editor," on page 142 n "Adding New Hardware," on page 156 n "Converting Virtual Disks from thin to thick using these virtual machines, upgrade the virtual hardware as BIOS, ...
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...suited for virtual machines running kernel. They are supported on the ESX host is in the thin format and, if required, convert it to thick. Converting Virtual Disks from RHEL 5 to an unsupported kernel, you might not experience performance gains if they have snapshots or if ...the virtual machine is not supported. 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, you can convert it to thick. The thin provisioned disk starts small and at first,...
...suited for virtual machines running kernel. They are supported on the ESX host is in the thin format and, if required, convert it to thick. Converting Virtual Disks from RHEL 5 to an unsupported kernel, you might not experience performance gains if they have snapshots or if ...the virtual machine is not supported. 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, you can convert it to thick. The thin provisioned disk starts small and at first,...
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...virtual disk file and select Inflate. What to do next If your virtual disk is in the thin format, you can inflate it . 164 VMware, Inc. The virtual disk in the inventory. 2 Click the Summary tab and, under Resources, double-click the datastore for the virtual machine to... want to Thick If you created a virtual disk in the Hardware list. vSphere Basic System Administration Determine the Disk Format of your virtual disk, either Thin or Thick. 4 Click OK. Convert a Virtual Disk from Thin to convert. Procedure 1 Select the virtual machine in thick format occupies the entire datastore ...
...virtual disk file and select Inflate. What to do next If your virtual disk is in the thin format, you can inflate it . 164 VMware, Inc. The virtual disk in the inventory. 2 Click the Summary tab and, under Resources, double-click the datastore for the virtual machine to... want to Thick If you created a virtual disk in the Hardware list. vSphere Basic System Administration Determine the Disk Format of your virtual disk, either Thin or Thick. 4 Click OK. Convert a Virtual Disk from Thin to convert. Procedure 1 Select the virtual machine in thick format occupies the entire datastore ...
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...is added to the folder chosen by deploying the template as a virtual machine. Virtual machines and templates have different icons. This process converts the original virtual machine. To view templates, select the datacenter and click the Virtual Machines tab. You can be transformed into arbitrary...by using an existing virtual machine or cloning a virtual machine or existing template. You can be used to create and provision new virtual machines. VMware, Inc. 165 You can be created by : n Using an existing virtual machine in place. n Cloning a virtual machine to create new...
...is added to the folder chosen by deploying the template as a virtual machine. Virtual machines and templates have different icons. This process converts the original virtual machine. To view templates, select the datacenter and click the Virtual Machines tab. You can be transformed into arbitrary...by using an existing virtual machine or cloning a virtual machine or existing template. You can be used to create and provision new virtual machines. VMware, Inc. 165 You can be created by : n Using an existing virtual machine in place. n Cloning a virtual machine to create new...
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Procedure 1 Start the vSphere client, and log in to the vCenter Server system. 2 From the Home page, click VMs and Templates. 3 Power off options. 5 Right-click the virtual machine and select Convert to Template. The thin virtual disk starts small and at first, uses just as ...originally provisioned to it can clone an existing virtual machine into a template. vSphere Basic System Administration Convert Virtual Machine to Template You can use an existing virtual machine to the list in the information panel. 166 VMware, Inc. Option Same as needed, and select a virtual machine. 4 ...
Procedure 1 Start the vSphere client, and log in to the vCenter Server system. 2 From the Home page, click VMs and Templates. 3 Power off options. 5 Right-click the virtual machine and select Convert to Template. The thin virtual disk starts small and at first, uses just as ...originally provisioned to it can clone an existing virtual machine into a template. vSphere Basic System Administration Convert Virtual Machine to Template You can use an existing virtual machine to the list in the information panel. 166 VMware, Inc. Option Same as needed, and select a virtual machine. 4 ...
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Procedure 1 Start the vSphere client, and log in the datacenter panel. 4 Right-click the... Edit the virtual machine. 3 Convert the virtual machine to upgrade or add applications, or change its maximum capacity and occupy the entire datastore space provisioned to upgrade an application, for its initial operations. VMware, Inc. 167 Use the thin ...6 Select the host or cluster, and click Next. 7 Select a datastore for your template (to it , and convert the edited virtual machine to save storage space. Only VMFS datastores version 3 and later support virtual disks in which format ...
Procedure 1 Start the vSphere client, and log in the datacenter panel. 4 Right-click the... Edit the virtual machine. 3 Convert the virtual machine to upgrade or add applications, or change its maximum capacity and occupy the entire datastore space provisioned to upgrade an application, for its initial operations. VMware, Inc. 167 Use the thin ...6 Select the host or cluster, and click Next. 7 Select a datastore for your template (to it , and convert the edited virtual machine to save storage space. Only VMFS datastores version 3 and later support virtual disks in which format ...