Specifications

Basic System Administration
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TherearethreemethodsfortakingactionsuponobjectsinVirtualCenter:
 SelectingtheactionfromthemenubaratthetopoftheVirtualCenterwindow.See
“MenuBar”onpage 47.
 Selectingtheactionfromtheobject’spop‐upmenuorbutton.Theprocedurelisted
belowdescribeshowtochoosetheactionfromtheobjectmenuorbutton.
 SchedulingtheactionthroughtheScheduledTaskspanel.See“Managing
ScheduledTasks”onpage 301toinformationonschedulingtasks.
To perform an action on a VMware Infrastructure object
1StarttheVMwareInfrastructureClient.
2 Connecttotheappropriateserver.
3Toselectanobjectyouwanttovieworuponwhichyouwanttoperformanaction,
selecttheappropriateinventoryview,browse
throughthehierarchyinthe
inventorypaneluntilyouseeitsicon,andclickit.
Anobjectcanbeselectedintheinventorypanelortheinformationpanel.
Iftheobjectisnotintheview:
 Verifyyouareloggedontothecorrectserver.
 AddthehosttoVirtualCentercontrol,ifneeded.See“ManagingHostsin
VirtualCenter”onpage 117forinformation.
4Afteranobjectisselected:
 Chooseamenuitemfromthemainmenu.
 Right‐clicktheobjectandchoosefromthepop‐upmenu.
5Followtheprompts.
Dependingontheactionyouselected,eithertheviewintheinformationpanelchanges
orawizardpromptsyouforinformationtocompletethetransaction.