Installation guide
Table Of Contents
- vSphere Basic System Administration
- Contents
- Updated Information
- About This Book
- Getting Started
- vSphere Components
- Starting and Stopping the vSphere Components
- Using vCenter Server in Linked Mode
- Linked Mode Prerequisites
- Linked Mode Considerations
- Join a Linked Mode Group After Installation
- Reconciling Roles When Connecting vCenter Server to a Linked Mode Group
- Isolate a vCenter Server Instance from a Linked Mode Group
- Change the Domain of a vCenter Server System in a Linked Mode Group
- Configure the URLs on a Linked Mode vCenter Server System
- Linked Mode Troubleshooting
- Monitor vCenter Server Services
- Using the vSphere Client
- Configuring Hosts and vCenter Server
- Host Configuration
- Configuring vCenter Server
- Access the vCenter Server Settings
- Configuring Communication Among ESX, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Client
- Configure vCenter Server SMTP Mail Settings
- Working with Active Sessions
- SNMP and vSphere
- System Log Files
- Managing the vSphere Client Inventory
- Managing Hosts in vCenter Server
- Virtual Machine Management
- Consolidating the Datacenter
- Consolidation First Time Use
- Consolidation Prerequisites
- About Consolidation Services
- Configuring Consolidation Settings
- Find and Analyze Physical Systems
- Viewing Analysis Results
- Converting Physical Systems to Virtual Machines
- Viewing Consolidation Tasks
- Troubleshooting Consolidation
- Negative Impact on vCenter Server Performance
- Windows Systems Not Discovered
- Windows Operating Systems Prevent Guided Consolidation from Collecting Performance Data
- Available Domains List Remains Empty
- Guided Consolidation Erroneously Reports Analysis Disabled
- Disable Guided Consolidation
- Uninstall Guided Consolidation
- Deploying OVF Templates
- Managing VMware vApp
- Creating Virtual Machines
- Access the New Virtual Machine Wizard
- Select a Path Through the New Virtual Machine Wizard
- Enter a Name and Location
- Select a Resource Pool
- Select a Datastore
- Select a Virtual Machine Version
- Select an Operating System
- Select the Number of Virtual Processors
- Configure Virtual Memory
- Configure Networks
- About VMware Paravirtual SCSI Adapters
- Select a SCSI Adapter
- Selecting a Virtual Disk Type
- Complete Virtual Machine Creation
- Installing a Guest Operating System
- Installing and Upgrading VMware Tools
- Install VMware Tools on a Windows Guest
- Install VMware Tools on a Linux Guest from the X Window System
- Install or Upgrade VMware Tools on a Linux Guest with the tar Installer
- Install or Upgrade VMware Tools on a Linux Guest with the RPM Installer
- Install VMware Tools on a Solaris Guest
- Install VMware Tools on a NetWare Guest
- Display the VMware Tools Properties Dialog Box
- VMware Tools Upgrades
- Upgrade VMware Tools Manually
- Configure Virtual Machines to Automatically Upgrade VMware Tools
- Custom VMware Tools Installation
- WYSE Multimedia Support
- Managing Virtual Machines
- Changing Virtual Machine Power States
- Transitional Power States
- Automatically Start or Shutdown Virtual Machines with Host Start or Shutdown
- Configure vSphere Toolbar Power Controls
- Power On or Power Off a Virtual Machine Manually
- Suspend a Virtual Machine
- Resume a Suspended Virtual Machine
- Scheduling a Power State Change for a Virtual Machine
- Adding and Removing Virtual Machines
- Configure Virtual Machine Startup and Shutdown Behavior
- Changing Virtual Machine Power States
- Virtual Machine Configuration
- Virtual Machine Hardware Versions
- Virtual Machine Properties Editor
- Edit an Existing Virtual Machine Configuration
- Virtual Machine Hardware Configuration
- Change the Video Card Configuration
- Change the DVD/CD-ROM Drive Configuration
- Change the Floppy Drive Configuration
- Change the SCSI Device Configuration
- Change the Virtual Disk Configuration
- Change the Memory Configuration
- Change the Virtual Ethernet Adapter (NIC) Configuration
- Change the Parallel Port Configuration
- Change the SCSI Controller or SCSI Bus Sharing Configuration
- Change the Serial Port Configuration
- Change the Virtual Processor or CPU Configuration
- Virtual Machine Options
- Virtual Machine Resource Settings
- Adding New Hardware
- Rescan a Host
- Start the Add Hardware Wizard
- Add a Serial Port to a Virtual Machine
- Add a Parallel Port to a Virtual Machine
- Add a DVD/CD-ROM Drive to a Virtual Machine
- Add a Floppy Drive to a Virtual Machine
- Add an Ethernet Adapter (NIC) to a Virtual Machine
- Add a Hard Disk to a Virtual Machine
- Add a SCSI Device to a Virtual Machine
- Add a PCI Device
- Add a Paravirtualized SCSI Adapter
- Converting Virtual Disks from Thin to Thick
- Working with Templates and Clones
- Customizing Guest Operating Systems
- Preparing for Guest Customization
- Customize Windows During Cloning or Deployment
- Customize Linux During Cloning or Deployment
- Create a Customization Specification for Linux
- Create a Customization Specification for Windows
- Managing Customization Specification
- Completing a Guest Operating System Customization
- Migrating Virtual Machines
- Cold Migration
- Migrating a Suspended Virtual Machine
- Migration with VMotion
- Host Configuration for VMotion
- CPU Compatibility and Migration
- Virtual Machine Configuration Requirements for VMotion
- Migrating Virtual Machines with Snapshots
- Migration with Storage VMotion
- Migrate a Powered-Off or Suspended Virtual Machine
- Migrate a Powered-On Virtual Machine with VMotion
- Migrate a Virtual Machine with Storage VMotion
- Storage VMotion Command-Line Syntax
- Using Snapshots
- Consolidating the Datacenter
- System Administration
- Managing Users, Groups, Roles, and Permissions
- Managing vSphere Users
- Groups
- Removing or Modifying Users and Groups
- Best Practices for Users and Groups
- Using Roles to Assign Privileges
- Permissions
- Best Practices for Roles and Permissions
- Required Privileges for Common Tasks
- Monitoring Storage Resources
- Using vCenter Maps
- Working with Alarms
- Working with Performance Statistics
- Working with Tasks and Events
- Managing Users, Groups, Roles, and Permissions
- Appendixes
- Defined Privileges
- Alarms
- Datacenter
- Datastore
- Distributed Virtual Port Group
- Distributed Virtual Switch
- Extensions
- Folders
- Global
- Host CIM
- Host Configuration
- Host Inventory
- Host Local Operations
- Host Profile
- Network
- Performance
- Permissions
- Resource
- Scheduled Task
- Sessions
- Tasks
- vApp
- Virtual Machine Configuration
- Virtual Machine Interaction
- Virtual Machine Inventory
- Virtual Machine Provisioning
- Virtual Machine State
- Installing the Microsoft Sysprep Tools
- Performance Metrics
- Defined Privileges
- Index
Table 5-12. Identification Mappings for VMWARE-VMINFO-MIB (Continued)
Variable ID Mapping Description
vmwVmVMID vmwVmEntry 7
An identification number assigned to running virtual
machines by the VMkernel. Powered-off virtual
machines to not have this ID.
vmwVmGuestState vmwVmEntry 8
The state of the guest operating system (on or off).
vmwVmCpus vmwVmEntry 9
The number of virtual CPUs assigned to this virtual
machine.
Virtual Machine HBA Variables
vmwVmHbaTable vmwVirtMachines 2
A table of HBAs visible to a virtual machine.
vmwVmHbaEntry vmwVmHbaTable 1
Record for a single HBA.
vmwHbaVmIdx vmwVmHbaEntry 1
A number corresponding to the virtual machine’s index
in the vmwVmTable.
vmwVmHbaIdx vmwVmHbaEntry 2
Uniquely identifies a given HBA in this VM. May
change across system reboots.
vmwHbaNum vmwVmHbaEntry 3
The name of the HBA as it appears in the virtual
machine settings.
vmwHbaVirtDev vmwVmHbaEntry 4
The HBA hardware being emulated to the guest
operating system.
vmwHbaTgtTable vmwVirtMachines 3
The table of all virtual disks configure for virtual
machines in vmwVmTable.
vmwHbaTgtEntry vmwHbaTgtTable 1
A record for a specific storage disk. May change across
reboots.
vmwHbaTgtVmIdx vmwHbaTgtEntry 1
A number corresponding to the virtual machine’s index
(vmwVmIdx) in the vmwVmTable.
vmwHbaTgtIdx vmwHbaTgtEntry 2
This value identifies a particular disk.
vmwHbaTgtNum vmwHbaTgtEntry 3
Identifies the disk as seen from the host bus controller.
Virtual Machine Network Variables
vmwVmNetTable vmwVirtMachines 4
A table of network adapters for all virtual machines in
vmwVmTable.
vmwVmNetEntry vmwVmNetTable 1
Identifies a unique network adapter in this table.
vmwVmNetVmIdx vmwVmNetEntry 1
A number corresponding to the virtual machine’s index
in the vmwVmTable.
vmwVmNetIdx vmwVmNetEntry 2
Identifies a unique network adapter in this table. May
change across sytem reboots.
vmwVmNetNum vmwVmNetEntry 3
The name of the network adapter as it appears in the
virtual machine settings.
vmwVmNetName vmwVmNetEntry 4
Identifies what the network adapter is connected to.
vmwVmNetConnType vmwVmNetEntry 5
Obsolete. Do not use.
vmwVmNetConnected vmwVmNetEntry 6
Reports true if the ethernet virtual device is connected
to the virtual machine.
vmwVmMAC vmwVmNetEntry 7
Reports the configured virtual hardware MAC address.
If VMware Tools is not running, the value is zero or
empty.
Virtual Floppy Device Variables
vmwFloppyTable vmwVirtMachines 5
A table of floppy drives for all virtual machines in
vmwVmTable.
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