Specifications

Basic System Administration
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Getting Started
Theintroductorydiscussionspanssevenchaptersanddescribesthesystem
components,systemmanagementtools,andthebasictasksyoumustcompleteto
configureyourVMwareInfrastructureClient.Theintroductorypartcontainsthe
followingchapters:
 UsingthisDocument–Summarizesthecontentsofthisguidesothatyoucanfind
theinformationyouneed.
 VMwareInfrastructureComponents–IntroducesyoutotheVMware
Infrastructurecomponentsandoperationsyouusewhenmanagingyourvirtual
machinesthroughESXServerorVirtualCenterServer.
 StartingandStoppingtheVMwareInfrastructureComponents–Describeshowto
startandstopeachoftheVMwareInfrastructurecomponents.Thisincludesthe
ESXServer,VirtualCenterServer,VMwareInfrastructureClient,Virtual
InfrastructureWebAccess,VirtualCenterhostagent,VirtualCenterlicenseserver,
andtheVMwareServiceConsole.
 UsingtheVIClient–DescribesthespecificlayoutandnavigationoftheVIClient.
 SystemConfiguration–Containsinformationforconfiguringadministration
options,VirtualCenterServersettings,andmanaginghostconfigurationoptions.
Italsoincludessomebasicsystemconfigurationinformation,suchashowto
accessandconfigurelogfilesandsetupSNMP.
 ManagingtheVIClientInventory–Describeshowtoperformtaskswithobjectsin
yourVMwareInfrastructureenvironment.Thisincludesfolders,datacenters,
clusters,resourcepools,networks,anddatastores.Theseobjectsareusedto
manageororganizethemonitoredandmanagedhostsandvirtualmachines.
 ManagingHostsinVirtualCenter–Describeshowtoperformmanaged
host‐relatedtasks.