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Chapter 4 Using the VI Client
Datacenters VirtualCenter inventorypanel
tab
Liststhedatacentersorganizedunderthe
selectedfolder.
Datastores VirtualCenter navigationbar
button:Datastores
Providesaccessformanagingdatastores.
Events ESXServer inventorypanel
tab
Liststheeventmessagesthatreportonthe
statusoftheselectedobject.
GettingStarted VirtualCenter inventorypanel
tab
Providesinformationaboutthetypeof
objectselected
andlinkstoactionsyoucan
performonthatobject.See“Getting
StartedTabs”onpage 56.
Hosts VirtualCenter inventorypanel
tab
Liststhehostsassignedtotheselected
inventoryobject.
Inventory VirtualCenter
ESXServer
navigationbar
button:Hosts&
Clusters
Providesaccessformanagingallthe
inventoryobjects.
Licenses VirtualCenter adminpaneltab Liststhelicensesconfiguredin
thelicense
server.
Maps VirtualCenter navigationbar
button
Displaysrelationshipsbetweenthe
selectedinventoryobjects.
DRS
Recommendations
VirtualCenter inventorypanel
tab
Liststhemigrationssuggestedor
completedfortheselectedcluster,and
listssuggestedorcompletedpower
managementsuggestions.
Networks VirtualCenter navigationbar
button:Networks
Providesaccessformanagingnetworks.
Performance ESXServer
VirtualCenter
inventorypanel
tab
Displays
theperformancechartsforthe
selectedhostorvirtualmachineresources.
Thechartsfordatacentersandhosts
displaycombinedchartsthatshowthe
usageofeachresource.
Permissions ESXServer
VirtualCenter
inventorypanel
tab
Liststheusersandgroupsthathave
permissionsontheselectedobjectandat
whatlevelthepermission
wasassigned.
ResourceAllocation ESXServer
VirtualCenter
inventorypanel
tab
Liststhedistributionoftheselectedhost’s
resources:CPU,memory.
Roles ESXServer
VirtualCenter
adminpaneltab Providesaccessforconfiguringuserroles.
Table 4-8. Inventory View Tabs (Continued)
Panel Name
Client
Connected To
Button, Tab, or
Toggle Description