User`s guide

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Glossary
responsetoconfigurationchanges,promotescompliancewithregulatoryor
workflowprocesses,andpromotesefficientuseofstorage.
StageManagerrequirestheVMware Infrastructureproduct.
VMwareTools
Asuiteofutilitiesanddriversthatenhancestheperformanceandfunctionalityof
yourguestoperatingsystem.KeyfeaturesofVMwareToolsincludesomeorallof
thefollowing,dependingonyourguestoperatingsystem:anSVGAdriver,a
mousedriver,theVMwareToolscontrolpanel,andsupportforsuchfeaturesas
sharedfolders,drag‐and‐dropinWindowsguests,shrinkingvirtualdisks,time
synchronizationwiththehost,VMwareToolsscripts,andconnectingand
disconnectingdeviceswhilethe
virtualmachineisrunning.
GuestcustomizationinStageManagerrequiresVMwareTools.
VMwareVirtualCenter(VirtualCenter)
AsoftwarecomponentofVMware Infrastructurefordeployingandmanaging
virtualmachinesacrossthedatacenter.WithVirtualCenter,datacenterscan
instantlyprovisionservers,globallymanageresources,andeliminatescheduled
downtimeforhardwaremaintenance.SeealsoVirtualCenterServer.