Specifications

Updates for the Basic Administration Guide
Update–2 VMware, Inc.
 UpdatesforthePreparingEmailMessageSMTPAlarmNotificationProcedureon
Page 316
 UpdatetotheHostConfigurationPrivilegesTableonPage 333
 UpdatestotheInstallingtheMicrosoftSysprepToolsAppendixonPage 351
Updates for the Reboot or Shut Down Procedure on
Page 36
ThetextinStep 1shouldbereplacedwiththefollowingtext:
1ShutdownallvirtualmachinesrunningontheESXServerhost.
Updates to the Configuring VirtualCenter Communication
over a Web Connection Section on Page 79
Step 7oftheToopenaWebportbetweentheVirtualCenterServerandtheVIClient
usingIISprocedureisnowinvalid.Thefollowinginformationshouldbeincludedin
thesection:
ThecurrentversionofVirtualCenterdoesnotuseVmdbHttpProxy.dllfor
communicationbetweentheVIClientandtheVirtualCenterServer.
In
VirtualCenterServer2.5andlater,theVirtualCenterServeractsasaWebservice.If
yourenvironmentrequirestheuseofaWebproxy,VirtualCenterServercanbeusedas
aproxyserverlikeanyotherWebservice.
TheVIClientusesports80and443tocommunicatewithVirtualCenterServerand

ESX/ESXihosts.Theseportscannotbechanged.Configureyourfirewalltoallow
communicationbetweentheVIClientandVirtualCenterServerusingtheports80
and 443.
Updates to the About MIB Files Section on Page 83
ThecontentintheAboutMIBFilessectionshouldbereplacedwiththefollowing
content:
VMwareMIBfilesdefinetheinformationprovidedbyESX/ESXihostsandvCenter
ServertoSNMPmanagementsoftware.YoucandownloadtheseMIBfilesfromthe
VMwareWebsite.
ReferKB1013758formoreinformationonusingSNMP
withVirtualCenter2.5and
ESX 3.5.