Specifications

Basic System Administration
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Whenanobjectisremovedfromtheinventory,itslogandeventhistoryremainsuntil
purgedthroughtheagingprocesses.Dataiskeptforaspecifiedwindowoftime.Asthe
timewindowshifts,olderdataispurged.
 Admintabs–AsubsetoftheAdminbutton.TheAdmintabsareasetofpanels
thatdisplayconfiguration‐orientedinformationpertainingtotheservethattheVI
Clientisconnectedto.ThetaboptionsareRolesandSystemLogs.WhentheVI
ClientisconnectedtoaVirtualCenterServer,
aSessionsandLicensestabisalso
available.
 Inventorytabs–AsubsetoftheInventorybutton.TheInventorytabsareasetof
panelsthatdisplaytask‐orientedinformationpertainingtotheselectedinventory
object.Eachinventoryobjecthasitsownsetoftabs.Thetaboptionsare:Getting
Started,Summary,Datacenters,VirtualMachines,Hosts,DRSRecommendations,
Resource
Allocation,Performance,Configuration,Tasks&Events,Alarms,
Console,P ermissions,andMaps.
WhenyouclicktheInventorybuttoninthenavigationbar,aninformationpanel
appearsontherightsideofthescreen.Whenyouselectanobject(host,virtual
machine,folder,datacenter,cluster,resourcepool)fromtheinventorypanel,the
informationpaneldisplaystabscorrespondingtotheselectedobject.Thisdata
remainsuntilyouclickanotherInventorybutton.
Table 4‐8liststheavailablepanelsandtheirsourcemapping.
NOTEYoucanuseeitherthenavigationbarortheinformationpaneltabstoview
eventsinformation.
Table 4-8. Inventory View Tabs
Panel Name
Client
Connected To
Button, Tab, or
Toggle Description
Admin ESXServer
VirtualCenter
navigationbar
button
Listsselectedconfigurationoptionsand
information.
Alarms VirtualCenter inventorypanel
tab
Liststheconfiguredalarmsforthe
selectedobject.
Alarms VirtualCenter togglebutton Liststhetriggeredalarmsfortheselected
object.
Configuration ESXServer
VirtualCenter
inventorypanel
tab
Providesaccesstoconfiguringthe
selectedhost.
Console ESXServer
VirtualCenter
inventorypanel

tab
Displaysaremoteconsoletointeract
directlywiththevirtualmachine.
Throughtheremoteconsoleyoucantake
selectedactionsuponthevirtualmachine.