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Table Of Contents

Contents

vSphere Administration with the vSphere Client 9

Updated Information 11

Using the vSphere Client 13

Start the vSphere Client and Log In 14

Stop the vSphere Client and Log Out 14

Status Bar and Recent Tasks 14

Getting Started Tabs 15

View Virtual Machine Console 15

Using Lists 16

Save vSphere Client Data 17

Panel Sections 17

Searching the vSphere Inventory 17

Custom Attributes 18

Select Objects 20

Manage vCenter Server Plug-Ins 20

Working with Active Sessions 21

Configuring ESXi Hosts and vCenter Server in the vSphere Client 23

Configuring ESXi Hosts 23

Configuring vCenter Server in the vSphere Client 26

Configuring Communication Among ESXi , vCenter Server, and the vSphere Client 32

Reboot or Shut Down an ESXi Host 32

Organizing Your Inventory 35

Create Datacenters 36

Add Hosts 37

Create Clusters 38

Create Resource Pools 38

Create Datastores 39

Create Host-Wide Networks 40

Create Datacenter-Wide Networks 40

Managing License Keys in the vSphere Client 45

Licensing Limitations in the vSphere Client 45

Managing License Keys on ESXi Hosts 45

Managing License Keys on vCenter Server 47

Managing Tasks 51

Viewing Tasks 51

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