Specifications

Basic System Administration
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 Verifiesthatthemanagedhostversionissupported.Ifitisnot,andthe
managedhostversioncanbeupgraded,VirtualCenterpromptsyouto
performanupgrade.
 Importsexistingvirtualmachines.
Connecting or Disconnecting a Host
Youhavetheoptiontodisconnectandreconnectamanagedhostthatisbeingmanaged
byaparticularVirtualCenterServer.Thissectiondescribeshowtoreconnecta
managedhost.
To connect or disconnect a managed host
1FromtheVIClientconnectedtoaVirtualCenterServer,clicktheInventorybutton
inthenavigationbar.Expandtheinventoryasneeded,
andclicktheappropriate
managedhost.
2 Selecttheappropriatemanagedhosticonintheinventorypanel,andchoose
ConnectorDisconnectfromthepop‐upmenu.
3Whendisconnecting,confirmtheaction.ClickYes.
Whenthemanagedhost’sconnectionstatustoVirtualCenterischanged,the
statusesofthevirtualmachinesonthat
managedhostareupdatedtoreflectthe
change.
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OTENewerprocessorshavetwoCPUcoresineachprocessorpackage.
Systemswithdual‐coreprocessorsmustuseESXServer2.5.2orlater.
VirtualCenterlicensesareissuedbypairsofprocessorpackages,notby
processorcores.Therefore,ifthesystemisusingtwodual‐coreprocessorsor
twosingle‐coreprocessors,
thesystemrequiresasingle2‐processor
VirtualCenterlicense.
NOTEDisconnectingamanagedhostdiffersfromremovingthemanagedhostfrom
VirtualCenter.DisconnectingamanagedhostdoesnotremoveitfromVirtualCenter;it
temporarilysuspendsallVirtualCentermonitoringactivities.Themanagedhostandits
associatedvirtualmachinesremainintheVirtualCenterinventory.Removinga
managedhostremovesthemanagedhost
andallitsassociatedvirtualmachinesfrom
theVirtualCenterinventory.