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Chapter 7 Managing Hosts in VirtualCenter
Understanding Host States
Actionstakenuponamanagedhostrequirethatthemanagedhostbeinaspecificstate.
Wheneveranoperationisperformedonamanagedhost,thehoststatechanges.While
thestateisintransition,thestatefielddisplaysatermthatdescribesthetransition.
Adding a Host
Virtualmachinesexistonmanagedhostswithinthenetwork.Hostsareaddedtothe
VMwareInfrastructureenvironment.TheVirtualCenterServerdiscoversandaddsall
thevirtualmachinescontainedwithinthatmanagedhosttotheVMwareInfrastructure
environment.
IfyouareconnectingyourVIClienttoanESXServerdirectly,theprocedures
inthis
sectiondonotapply.
To add a host to the VirtualCenter Server
1Ensureacommunicationchannelthroughafirewall,ifneeded.
IfanymanagedhostintheVirtualCenterenvironmentisbehindafirewall,ensure
thatthemanagedhostcancommunicatewiththeVirtualCenterServerandwith
allotherhostsonport902oranotherconfiguredport.See
theInstallationGuidefor
ESXServer3ortheSetupGuideforyourESXServer3iproduct,andtheESXServer
3ConfigurationGuideorESXServer3iConfigurationGuideforadditional
information.
2ClicktheInventorybuttoninthenavigationbar.Expandtheinventoryasneeded,
andclicktheappropriatedatacenter,
folder,orcluster.
3 Selecttheappropriatedatacenterorcluster,andchooseNewHostfromthemain
orpop‐upmenu.
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OTEDisconnectingamanagedhostdiffersfromremovingthemanagedhostfrom
theVirtualCenterServer. Disconnectingamanagedhostdoesnotremoveitfromthe
VirtualCenterServer;ittemporarilysuspendsallVirtualCenterServermonitoring
activities.Themanagedhostanditsassociatedvirtualmachinesremaininthe
VirtualCenterServerinventory.Removinga
managedhostremovesthemanagedhost
andallitsassociatedvirtualmachinesfromtheVirtualCenterServerinventory.
NOTEWhenaddingorremovinghosts,makesureNFSmountsareactive.IfNFS
mountsareunresponsive,theoperationfails.
(S EE U PDATE )