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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager
Managing Resources
UsetheResourceslinkintheleftpanetoaccesssettingsintheResourcePools,Hosts,
Datastores,andMediaStorestabs.Theinformationhelpsyoutoassesswhich
resourcesaredepleting.Reviewthesedefinitions:
 Resourcepool–Logicalstructurethatallowsdelegationofcontroloverthe
resourcesofahost.Resourcepoolscompartmentalizeallresourcesinacluster.You
cancreatemultipleresourcepoolsasdirectchildrenofahostorclusterand
configurethem.Youcanthendelegatecontroloverthemtootherindividuals
or
organizations.ThemanagedresourcesareCPUandmemoryfromahostorcluster.
Virtualmachinesexecutein,anddrawtheirresourcesfrom,resourcepools.
 Cluster–CollectionofESXServerhostswithsharedresourcesandashared
managementinterface.Whenyouaddahosttoacluster,thehost’sresources
becomepartofthecluster’sresources.Theclustermanagestheresourcesofall
hosts.
 Host–PhysicalESXServermachinewherevirtualmachinesarerunning.
 Datastore–Virtualrepresentationofcombinationsofunderlyingphysicalstorage
resourcesinthedatacenter.Thesephysicalstorageresourcescancomefromthe
localSCSIdiskoftheserver,theFibreChannelSANdiskarrays,theiSCSISAN
diskarrays,orNetworkAttachedStorage(NAS)arrays.
 Mediastore–DirectoriesformediafilesonNFSdatastores.
SeeVMware Infrastructure3documentationforgeneralinformationonresourcepools,
clusters,hosts,anddatastores.
Highlights of the Resource Pools Tab
TheResourcePoolstabpresentsthisinformation:
 Nameoftheresourcepoolthatprovidesapop‐upmenuforvariousoperations.
 Statusofwhethertheresourcepoolisenabledforuse.
TheStage Manageradministratormanuallyenablesaresourcepool.
 Servicetheresourcepoolisassociatedwith.
 NameoftheresourcepoolinVirtualCenter.
 Activityanderrorsforthemostrecentoperation.