Specifications

9 Select the inventory size from the drop-down menu.
Option Description
small
For fewer than 100 hosts and 1000 virtual machines in the VMware vCenter
Server Appliance inventory.
medium
For between 100 and 400 hosts or between 1000 and 4000 virtual machines
in the VMware vCenter Server Appliance inventory.
large
For over 400 hosts or 4000 virtual machines in the VMware vCenter Server
Appliance inventory.
10 Click Save Settings.
Configure ESXi Dump Collector on the VMware vCenter Server Appliance
You can use ESXi Dump Collector to configure and dump a host's kernel core to a network server on the
datacenter when the system fails. ESXi Dump Collector is installed and enabled by default on the VMware
vCenter Server Appliance.
ESXi Dump Collector does not support vSphere distributed switches in ESXi 5.0.
Prerequisites
Install the VMware vCenter Server Appliance and configure the database. See “Configure Database Settings
for the VMware vCenter Server Appliance,” on page 44 and the vSphere Installation and Setup documentation.
Procedure
1 Log in to the VMware vCenter Server Appliance.
2 On the Services tab, click NetDump.
3 Type the port number in the Network Coredump Server (UDP) Port text box.
4 Type the size in the Network Coredump repository max size text box to specify the maximum core dump
repository size in GB.
5 Click Test Settings to verify that your changes are valid.
6 Click Save Settings.
7 Restart ESXi services.
What to do next
Configure hosts to dump kernel memory to the network server. See the vSphere Installation and Setup
documentation.
Configure ESXi Auto Deploy Settings on the VMware vCenter Server Appliance
If you are using the VMware vCenter Server appliance for Auto Deploy, you can change the server port and
maximum repository size for Auto Deploy.
Prerequisites
Enable the Auto Deploy server on the VMware vCenter Server Appliance. See the vSphere Installation and
Setup documentation.
Procedure
1 Log in to the VMware vCenter Server Appliance web console.
2 On the Services tab, select Autodeploy.
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