Specifications

Basic System Administration
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 WebService–SpecifytheHTTPandHTTPSportsfortheWebServicetouse.You
canalsospecifywhetheryouwanttomaintaincompatibilitywiththe
VirtualCenter1.xversionoftheSDKWebService.
See“ConfiguringVirtualCenterCommunication”onpage 76.
 TimeoutSettings–SpecifytheVIClientconnectiontimeoutvaluesfornormal
operationsandlongoperations.Timeoutnormalspecifieshowlong,inseconds,
theVirtualCenterclientwaitsforaresponsefromtheVirtualCenterServerbefore
timingout.Thedefaultis30seconds.Timeoutlongspecifieshowlong,inseconds,
theVirtualCenter
clientwaitsforaresponsefromthe VirtualCenterServerforlong
operations.Thedefaultis120seconds.
See“StartingtheVIClientandLoggingIn”onpage 38.
 LoggingOptions–Specifythedegreeofdetailandextentoflogscollectedduring
normalVirtualCenteroperations.Specifiesverboseloggingwhensetto1.Usedfor
advanceddebuggingandtroubleshooting.Usethisfieldonlywhendirectedby
VMwaretechnicalsupport.
See“SystemLogFiles”onpage 100.
 Database–SpecifythepasswordrequiredtoaccesstheVirtualCenterdatabase
andthemaximumnumberofdatabaseconnectionstobecreated.
 SSL–SpecifywhetheryouwanttheVirtualCenterserverandVirtualCenterclients
toverifytheSSLcertificatesoftheremotehostwhenestablishingremote
connections.VMwarerecommendsenablingtheCheckhostcertificatesoption.
 AdvancedSettings–Specifyadvancedsettings.Itishighlyrecommendedthat
youdonotchangethesesettingswithoutcontactingVMwaretechnicalsupport.
Configuring VirtualCenter Communication
TheVirtualCenterServerandESXServerreceivesdatatransmissionsfromtheVIClient
onport902.EnsurethisisproperlyconfiguredpriortoconnectingyourVIClientto
yourVirtualCenterServerorESXServer.
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OTETheproceduresdescribedherearenotavailableforcommunicationwithanESX
Server.ESXServeronlyusesport902.YoucannotchangetheportnumberESXServer
usestocommunicatewitheitheraVIClientortheVirtualCenterServer.SeetheESX
Server3ConfigurationGuideortheESXServer
3iConfigurationGuideforcomplete
informationonsecurity,communication,andportconfigurationwithanESXServer
host.