Specifications

Basic System Administration
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 VirtualInfrastructureWebAccess(VIWebAccess)–AWebinterfacethrough
whichyoucanperformbasicvirtualmachinemanagementandconfigurationand
getconsoleaccesstovirtualmachines.ItisinstalledwithyourESXServerhost.
SimilartotheVIClient,VIWebAccessworksdirectlywithahostor
through
VirtualCenter.SeetheVIWebAccessAdministrator’sGuideforadditional
information.
 VMwareServiceConsole–Acommand‐lineinterfaceforconfiguringanESX
Server3host.ForanESXServer3ihost,usetheremotecommand‐lineinterface.
 RemoteCommand‐LineInterface(RemoteCLI)–Acommand‐lineinterfacefor
configuringanESXServer3ihost.TheRemoteCLIcanalsobeusedtoperform
StorageVMotionoperationsonbothESXServer3iandESXServer3version3.5
hosts.
Optional VirtualCenter Components
OptionalVirtualCentercomponentsarepackagedandinstalledwiththebaseproduct,
butrequireaseparatelicense.Optionalfeaturesinclude:
 VMotion–Afeaturethatenablesyoutomoverunningvirtualmachinesfromone
ESXServerhosttoanotherwithoutserviceinterruption.Itrequireslicensingon
boththesourceandtargethost.TheVirtualCenterServercentrallycoordinatesall
VMotionactivities.
 VMwareHA–AfeaturethatenablesaclusterwithHighAvailability.Ifahostgoes
down,allvirtualmachinesthatwererunningonthehostarepromptlyrestarted
ondifferenthostsinthesamecluster.
WhenyouenabletheclusterforHA,youspecifythenumberofhostsyouwould

liketobeabletorecover.Ifyouspecifythenumberofhostfailuresallowedas1,
HAmaintainsenoughcapacityacrosstheclustertotoleratethefailureofonehost.
Allrunningvirtualmachinesonthathostcanberestartedonremaininghosts.By
default,youcannotpoweron
avirtualmachineifdoingsoviolatesrequired
failovercapacity.SeeResourceManagementGuideformoreinformation.