Installation guide

Updated Information
This vSphere Basic System Administration Guide is updated with each release of the product or when necessary.
This table provides the update history of the vSphere Basic System Administration Guide.
Revision Description
EN-000260-06 Changed a point in “Configuring Communication Among ESX, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Client,”
on page 49 section.
EN-000260-05
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The topics “Windows Requirements for Guest Customization,” on page 178 and “Linux Requirements
for Guest Customization,” on page 179 now have reference to the vSphere Compatibility Matrixes
document for information on the list of operating system that are supported for guest OS cutomization.
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The topic “About Snapshots,” on page 205 now reflects that VMware does not support snapshots of
virtual machines configured with bus-sharing.
EN-000260-04
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In certain topics, removed references to Microsoft Outlook Express.
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In “Upgrade VMware Tools Manually,” on page 131, updated Step 5 to show that you do not have to
power-off the virtual machines when upgrading VMware Tools manually.
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In “Install VMware Tools on a Linux Guest with the Tar Installer,” on page 126, updated Step 10 to
remove information about RPM installation over a tar installation.
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In “Install VMware Tools on a Linux Guest with the RPM Installer,” on page 127, updated Step 10 to
correct the information about installing the RPM package.
EN-000260-03
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In “Specify an IP Address Range,” on page 111, updated the incorrect IPv4 address from 10.209.60.13
to 10.20.60.13.
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In Chapter 17, “Using Snapshots,” on page 205, added information that you can use snapshot as a
restoration point during a linear or iterative process.
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In “About Snapshots,” on page 205, added a link to a KB article.
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In “Revert to Snapshot Command,” on page 209, added information about taking the snapshot when
the virtual machine is powered off.
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In “Collection Intervals,” on page 269, updated that ESXi retains real-time statistics for one hour instead
of 30 minutes.
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In “Disk Metrics,” on page 337, updated the Stats Type as rate and Unit as kiloBytesPerSecond in the
usage counter of the Table C-3.
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In “Linux Requirements for Guest Customization,” on page 179 added new Linux Guest Operating
Systems.
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In “Windows Requirements for Guest Customization,” on page 178 added new Windows Guest
Operating Systems.
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