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Virtual Machine Management
Thevirtualmachinemanagementdiscussionconsistsofsevenchaptersthatprovidea
basicunderstandingofvirtualmachinesandhowtomanage,configure,andcustomize
them.Thevirtualmachinemanagementpartcontainsthefollowingchapters:
 CreatingVirtualMachines–Describeshowtocreatevirtualmachinesbyusingthe
NewVirtualMachinewizardandbycloningexistingvirtualmachines.
 ManagingVirtualMachines–Describesvirtualmachinetasks,includingaddinga
virtualmachinetoandremovingitfromtheVIClientandpoweringonandoff
virtualmachines.
 ConfiguringVirtualMachines–Describeshowtoeditandconfigureyourexisting
virtualmachines.Italsodiscussesadvancedvirtualmachineconfiguration
options.
 UsingSnapshots–Explainshowtocapturetheentirestateofthevirtualmachine
usingthesnapshotsfeature.
 WorkingwithTemplatesandClones–Describescreatingtemplatesandusing
virtualmachinetemplatestocreateandprovisionnewvirtualmachines.
 MigratingVirtualMachines–Describestheprocessofmigratingormovinga
virtualmachinefromonehosttoanother.
 CustomizingGuestOperatingSystems–Explainshowtocustomizetheidentity
andnetworksettingsofyourvirtualmachine’sguestoperatingsystemsothatitis
readytobeginworkimmediatelyinyourtargetenvironment.
System Administration
Thesystemadministrationpartcontainsthefollowingchapters:
 ManagingUsers,Groups,Permissions,andRoles–Describeshowtomanage
accesstoVMwareInfrastructureinventoryobjects.Itexplainshowtoconfigure
users,groups,roles,andpermissions.
 SettingUpandMonitoringPerformanceStatisticsandResourceMaps–Describes
theperformancemonitoringpiecesoftheVMwareInfrastructureClientdata
presentedintheVIClient.ItalsodescribestheVMwareInfrastructureClientMaps
feature.
 ManagingTasks,Events,andAlarms–Describeshowtocreate,configure,anduse
tasks,events,andalarms.