Specifications

Basic System Administration
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Understanding VI Client Objects
Thereareseveralwaystogetinsightintotherelationshipsbetweendifferentobjects:
 ViewingthroughtheMapsfeature–showstheinventoryobjectrelationshipsin
graphicalform.
 Clickinganobjectintheinventory–providesalistoftabbedcontentthatlists
relatedobjects.
Forexample,adatastorehasavirtualmachinetabthatliststhevirtualmachines
thatusethedatastore.Thereisalsoahosttabthatlistthehoststhatcanaccessthe
datastore.
 ViewingInventory>HostsandClusters–providesaviewofthesetofvirtual
machinesthatrunonaparticularhost,cluster,orresourcepool.Eachobjecthasa
tabthatdisplaysallthevirtualmachinesassociatedorcontainedwithinin.
However,theHostsandClustersviewisnota
completelistofavailablevirtual
machinesandtemplates.OnlytheInventory>VirtualMachinesandTemplates
optiondisplaysallthevirtualmachineandtemplates.Throughthisviewyoucan
organizevirtualmachinesintoarbitraryfolderhierarchies.
TheVMwareInfrastructureClientobjectsareasfollows:
 Rootfolder–InVirtualCenterServeronly.Childobjectsaredatacentersor
subfolders.TherootfolderissetasadefaultforeveryVirtualCenterServer.You
canchangethename,butnotaddorremoveit.
 Folders–InVirtualCenterServeronly.Childobjectsaredatacenters,hosts,
clusters,virtualmachines,templates,orsubfolders.
 Datacenters–InVirtualCenterServeronly.Childobjectsarefolders,clusters,or
hosts.
Adatacentercontainsclusters,hosts,andvirtualmachines.Allactionstakenupon
managedhostsandvirtualmachinesareappliedwithintheirdatacenter.Withina
datacenter,youcanmonitorandmanagevirtualmachinesseparatelyfromtheir
hostsanduse
VMotion.
 Clusters–InVirtualCenterServeronly.Childobjectsarehosts,virtualmachines,
orresourcepools.