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ThischapterdescribestheGuidedConsolidationfeature,afeaturerecommendedfor
smallerITenvironmentstogetsetupandrunningwithVMwareInfrastructure.This
featureenablesyoutoconsolidatephysicalsystemsinyourdatacenterbyconverting
themtovirtualmachinesandimportingthemintoVirtualCenter.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
 “A b o u t DatacenterConsolidation”onpage 130
 “ConsolidationPrerequisites”onpage 130
 “FirstTimeUse”onpage 131
 “A b o u t ConsolidationServices”onpage 131
 “SpecifyingConsolidationSettings”onpage 132
 “DiscoveringPhysicalSystems”onpage 132
 “ViewingAnalysisResults”onpage 134
 “ConsolidatingCandidates”onpage 135
 “ViewingConsolidationTasks”onpage 136
 “TroubleshootingConsolidation”onpage 137
Consolidating the
Datacenter
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