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Conguring Hosts and vCenter Server 37
Host Conguration 37
Congure the Boot Device on an ESXi Host 37
Congure Agent VM Seings 38
Set Advanced Host Aributes 38
Synchronizing Clocks on the vSphere Network 39
Edit Time Conguration for a Host 39
Conguring vCenter Server 40
Congure License Seings for vCenter Server 40
Conguring Statistics Seings 40
Congure Runtime Seings for vCenter Server 43
Congure User Directory Seings 43
Congure Mail Sender Seings 44
Congure SNMP Seings 44
View Port Seings 45
Congure Timeout Seings 45
Congure Logging Options 46
Congure Database Seings 46
Verifying SSL Certicates for Legacy Hosts 47
Congure Advanced Seings 48
Send a Message to Other Logged In Users 48
Edit the Seings of Services 49
Start, Stop, and Restart Services 49
Conguring Services in the vSphere Web Client 50
Using Enhanced Linked Mode 58
Conguring Communication Among ESXi , vCenter Server, and the vSphere Web Client 58
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Conguring Customer Experience Improvement Program 59
Categories of Information That VMware Receives 59
Join the Customer Experience Improvement Program in the vSphere Web Client 59
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Providing vCenter Server Availability 61
Using a vSphere High Availability Cluster 61
Establishing Watchdog Support 62
Using MSCS for vCenter Server Availability 62
Set Up MSCS for vCenter Server Availability 63
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Managing Third-Party Hypervisors by Using vCenter Host Gateway 65
vCenter Host Gateway System Requirements 66
Supported Third-Party Hypervisors 66
Deploy the vCenter Host Gateway Appliance 67
Start the OVF Deployment Wizard 68
Select the OVF Source Location 68
Review the OVF Details 68
Accept the OVF License Agreements 69
Select OVF Name and Location 69
Select Storage for the vCenter Host Gateway OVF Template 69
Setup OVF Network 70
vCenter Server and Host Management
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