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Chapter 6 Managing the VI Client Inventory
 Iftheobjectisacluster,resourcepool,host,orvirtualmachine,awizardappears.
AnswerthepromptsandclickFinish.
Foradditionalinformation,seetheappropriatemanual:
 Cluster–SeetheResourceManagementGuide.
 Resourcepool–SeetheResourceManagementGuide.
 Host–See“ManagingHostsinVirtualCenter”onpage 117.
 Virtualmachine–See“ManagingVirtualMachines”onpage 169.
Moving Objects in the Inventory
Someobjectscanbemanuallymovedbetweenfolders,datacenters,resourcepools,and
hosts.
To move an object using drag-and-drop
1FromaVIClient,displaytheappropriateinventoryview.
2 Selecttheobjecttobemovedfromtheappropriateinventoryviewbyclickingit.
Aboxisdisplayedaroundit.Thisindicatestheobjectisselected.
3Dragthemoving
objecttothetargetobject.
 Ifthemovingobjectisallowedtomovetothetarget,thetargetobjectis
displayedwithaboxaroundit,indicatingitisselected.
 Ifthemovingobjectisnotallowedtomovetothetarget,anaughtsign(zero
withaslash)appears,andtheobjectisnotmoved.
Theinventoryobjectscanbemovedasfollows:
 Rootfolder,roothost(ESXServer),networks,anddatastores—Cannotbe
moved.
 Folders—Canbemovedwithinadatacenter.
 Datacenter—Canbemovedtofoldersatasiblingorparentlevel.
 Cluster—Canbemovedbetweenfoldersandwithindatacentersatasibling
orparentlevel.
 Host—WhenmanagedbyaVirtualCenterServer,ifahostisinacluster,all
virtualmachinesonthehostmustbeshutdownandthehostmustbeplaced
intomaintenancemodebeforeitcanbemovedfromthecluster.Ahostcanbe
movedbetweenclustersanddatacenters.
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