Specifications

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Chapter 7 Managing Hosts in VirtualCenter
aSpecifywhatshouldhappentotheresourcepoolsonthehost.
Theoptionsare:
 Putallthehost’svirtualmachinesintothecluster’srootresourcepool.
 Createnewresourcepoolforthehost’svirtualmachines.Thedefault
resourcepoolnameisderivedfromthehost’sname.Typeoverthetextto
supplyyourownname.
bClickNext.
SeetheResourceManagementGuideformoreinformationonclusters.
7Ifyouareaddingthehosttoadatacenter:
aIdentifythe
locationofthehost’svirtualmachines.
b SelectfromthelistofinventoryobjectsdisplayedintheSelectionbox.
8ToconfirmcompletingtheAddHostwizard,clickFinish.
WhenthedialogboxiscompleteandyouclickNext,VirtualCenterdoesthe
following:
 Searchesthenetworkforthespecifiedmanagedhostandidentifiesallthe
virtualmachinesonthemanagedhost.IfyouclickCancel,thehostisremoved
fromtheVirtualCenterinventory.
 Connectstothemanagedhost.Ifthewizardcannotconnecttothemanaged
host,themanagedhostisnotaddedtotheinventory.
 Verifiesthatthemanagedhostisnotalreadybeingmanaged.Ifitisalready
beingmanagedbyanotherVirtualCenterServer, VirtualCenterdisplaysa
message.Ifthewizardcanconnecttothemanagedhostbutforsomereason
cannotremainconnectedtotheVirtualCenterServer,thehostisadded,butis
in
adisconnectedstate.Thisoccurs,forexample,ifthehostisalreadybeing
managedbyanotherVirtualCenterServer.
 Readsthenumberofprocessorsonthemanagedhostandallocatesthe
appropriatenumberoflicenses.Thenumberofprocessorsisstoredinthe
VirtualCenterdatabaseandisverifieduponeachmanagedhostreconnection
andVirtualCenterstartup.