User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
200 VMware, Inc.
VMwareDistributedResourceScheduler(DRS)
Afeaturethatintelligentlyandcontinuouslybalancesvirtualmachineworkloads
acrossyourESXServerhostsusingtheVirtualCenterandVMotionproducts.
VMwareDRSdetectswhenvirtualmachineactivitysaturatesanESXServ erhost
andtriggersautomatedVMotionlivemigrations,movingrunningvirtual
machinestootherESX Server
nodessothatallresourcecommitmentsaremet.
VMwareESXServer
Arobust,production‐provenvirtualizationlayerrunonphysicalserversthat
abstractsprocessor,memory,storage,andnetworkingresourcesintomultiple
virtualmachines.ESX ServerisacomponentofVMware Infrastructure.
StageManagerrequiresESXServerhosts.
VMwareHighAvailability(VMwareHA)
Anoptionalfeature
thatsupportsdistributedavailabilityservicesinan
environmentthatincludesESXServerandVirtualCenter.Ifyouconfigured
VMwareHAandoneofthehostsmanagedbyVirtualCenterServergoesdown,all
virtualmachinesonthathostareimmediatelyrestartedonanotherhost.Seealso
DRS(VMwareDistributedResourceScheduler),VirtualCenter
Server.
VMware Infrastructure
Asoftwaresuite,includingESX ServerandVirtualCenter,thatvirtualizesservers,
storage,andnetworkingandenablesmultipleunmodifiedoperatingsystemsand
theirapplicationstorunindependentlyinvirtualmachineswhilesharingphysical
resources.Thesuitedeliverscomprehensivevirtualization,management,resource
optimization,applicationavailability,andoperationalautomationcapabilities.See
alsoVMware
VirtualCenter(VirtualCenter),VMwareESXServ er.
VMware Infrastructure Client(VI Client)
AuserinterfacethatrunslocallyinaWindowsmachineandprovidesaccesstothe
virtualmachine’sdisplay.VI Clientrunsonanetworkedmachinethatneednotbe
thesamemachineastheVirtualCenter Server.
VMwareRemoteMKSPlugin
Anapplicationthatembedsinthebrowser
tofacilitateinteractionwitharemote
machine.Thisapplicationsendsmouse,keyboard,andscreendatabackandforth
acrossthenetwork.
VMwareStageManager
SoftwarethatorganizesITdeliverablesintheenterprisesoftwarelifecycleinto
services.Theseservicesarebrokenintostagesthatspandevelopmentandtesting
throughproduction.Stage Managerincreases
ITserviceavailability,accelerates