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ThischapterdescribeshowtomanagetheobjectsinyourVMwareInfrastructure
environment.Thisincludesfolders,datacenters,clusters,resourcepools,networks,
anddatastores.Theseobjectsareusedtohelpmanageororganizethemonitoredand
managedhostsandvirtualmachines.
Thischapterdescribeshowtoaddorremoveinventoryobjects.Included
isareference
tothedocumentationthatdescribestheseitemsandrelatedactivitiesindetail.
EachobjectintheVMwareInfrastructureClienthasitsplaceintheoverallhierarchy.
Anobject’spositionisdeterminedbytheobject’sfunctionality.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
“UnderstandingVIClientObjects”onpage 108
“A d d i n g anInventoryObject”onpage 110
“MovingObjectsintheInventory”onpage 111
“RemovinganInventoryObject”onpage 112
“WorkingwithFilesintheDatastoreBrowser”onpage 112
“PerforminganInitialDatacenterConsolidation”onpage 113
Managing the VI Client
Inventory
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NOTETheviewsandcapabilitiesdisplayedvarydependingonwhethertheVIClient
isconnectedtoaVirtualCenterServeroranESXServerhost.Unlessindicated,the
process,task,ordescriptionappliestoallkindsofVIClientconnections.