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Table Of Contents
Administration Guide
16 VMware, Inc.
Installing the vSphere Client
InstallthevSphereclienttoworkwithVMwareenvironment.
To download and install the vSphere Client
1 LaunchInternetExplorerbrowser.
2Intheaddressbar,typetheIPnumberoftheESXServerwherethevirtualmachineisinstalled,for
example:
https://<ESX Server IP>
3ClicktheDownloadvSphereClientlink,andthenSavetheclientexecutablefiletoyourlocalharddisk.
4Runtheexecutablefile.
5AcceptthelicenseandclickNext.
6Typetheusernameandorganizationdetailsiftheydonotappearbydefault.ClickNext.
7Atthenextscreen,clickNextwithoutselectingInstallvSphereHostUpdateUtility.
8Ifdifferentfromthedefault,specifytheinstallationfolder,andthenclickNext.
9ClickInstall.
10 ClickFinishtoclosethewizard.
Disabling vMotion
To disable automatic vMotion
1InthevSphereclient,selectthecluster,rightclickonitandselectEditSettings.
2IntheVMwareDRSsection,selectVirtualMachineOptions.
3 SelecttheADMvirtualappliances.
4 SelectDisablefromtheAutomationLevellistbox.
5ClickOK.
Preparing the Environment
PerformthefollowingproceduresbeforeyousetuptheADM.
Preparing an ESX Configuration
CreateandconfigureanewvSwitchforeachphysicalspanport.Repeatthefollowingproceduresforeachnew
vSwitch.
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OTEADMsupportsWindowsInternetExplorer6.0andlaterbrowsers.
NOTEThevSphereclientinstallationcantakeseveralminutes.
IMPORTANTADMvirtualappliancesarenotsupportedbyvMotion.IftheADMvirtualapplianceisinstalled
onaVMwareDRScluster,performthefollowingstepstodisableautomaticvMotion.