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Chapter 3 Starting and Stopping the VMware Infrastructure Components
To start a VI Client session
1LogintoyourWindowssystem.
2ThefirsttimeyoustarttheVIClient,loginastheadministrator.
aIfthemanagedhostisnotadomaincontroller,loginaseither<local host
name>\<user>or<user>,where<user>isamemberofthelocal
Administratorsgroup.
bIfthemanagedhostis
adomaincontroller,youmustloginas
<domain>\<user>,where<domain>isthedomainnameforwhichthe
managedhostisacontrollerand<user> isamemberofthatdomain’s
DomainAdministratorsgroup.Thispracticeofrunningonadomain
controllerisnotrecommended.
3 LaunchtheVIClient.
Double‐clicka
shortcutorchoosetheapplicationthroughStart>Programs>
VMware>VMwareInfrastructureClient.
4Logintotheserver.
Enterorchoosetheservername,yourusername,andyourpasswordforthat
server.ClickLogintocontinue.
Ifthisisthefirsttimeyouhaveloggedontothe
VirtualCenterServer,anempty
Inventoryscreenappears.Addadatacenterandhosttobeginmonitoringand
managingyourvirtualmachinesthroughtheVMwareInfrastructureClient.See
“ManagingtheVIClientInventory”onpage 107foradditionalinformation.
Stopping the VI Client and Logging Out
WhenyounolongermustvieworaltertheactivitiesthatVirtualCenterisperforming,
logoutoftheVIClient.
To stop a VI Client session
Clicktheclosebox(X)inthecorneroftheVIClientwindow,orchooseFile>Exit.
TheVIClientshutsdown.TheVIClientisloggedoffthe
server.Theserver
continuestorunallitsnormalactivitiesinthebackground.Anyscheduledtasks
aresavedandperformedbytheVirtualCenterServer.
N
OTEOnlypreviouslytypedserversappearintheServerdrop‐downmenu.
NOTEClosingaVIClientdoesnotstoptheserver.