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Chapter 19 Managing Tasks, Events, and Alarms
TasksarenottrackedorscheduledonyourESXServerhostunlesstheESXServeris
registeredandconnectedtoaVirtualCenterServer.
To view recent tasks
FromtheVIClientconnectedtoanESXServeroraVirtualCenterServer,clicktheTasks
togglebuttononthelowerleftsideoftheVIClient
window.
To perform a task on an ESX Server
1FromtheVIClientconnectedtoanESXServer,clicktheInventorybuttoninthe
navigationbar.Expandtheinventoryasneeded,andclicktheobjectwherethe
actionistobeperformed.
2 Choosetheactivityfromthemainorpop‐upmenuassociatedwiththeobject.
Forexample,select
avirtualmachine,right‐click,andchoosethePowerOnoption.
To schedule or view a list of tasks on an ESX Server
AddthehosttotheVirtualCenterinventory.
See“A d d i n g aHost”onpage 119formoreinformation.
ToscheduleataskonaVirtualCenterServer,see“ManagingScheduledTasks”on
page 301.
To view a list of tasks completed on a VirtualCenter Server
1FromtheVIClient,clicktheInventory,andclick
therootfolder.
2ClicktheTask&Eventstab.ClicktheTasksbuttonontheTasks&Eventspanel.