User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
82 VMware, Inc.
Editing Host Properties
Stage ManageradministratorscaneditpropertiesforESXServerhosts.
To edit host properties
1Intheleftpane,clickResources.
2IntheHoststab,movethepointerovertheresourcepoolandchooseProperties
fromthemenu.
3Revieworupdateproperties:
aEnteradescription.
bEnterausernameandpasswordforthehost.
c Selectavirtualswitchfrom
thedrop‐downlist.
Youcanmakethischangewhenthehostdoesnothaveanydeployedvirtual
machines.
dEnterthemaximumnumberofdeployedvirtualmachinesallowedonthe
host.
TheMaximumNumberofVMsfieldisonlyavailableforaclusterwithout
DRSandappliestothevirtualmachinesdeployed
inthisStageManager
installation.StageManagermightraisethequotaoverthemaximumvalueof
200incertaincircumstances.See“CircumstancesAffectingtheQuotafor
DeployedVirtualMachines”onpage 82.
e Selectthecheckboxestoenabledifferentdatastoresforvirtualmachineuse.
Youcanonlydeployvirtualmachinesonselected
datastores.
fClearmessagesregardingVirtualCenteractivityifnecessary.
4ClickOK.
Circumstances Affecting the Quota for Deployed Virtual Machines
Althoughthemaximumquotafordeployedvirtualmachinesonahostis200,that
numbermightincreaseinthesecircumstances:
 VMotionorVMwareHAfailoveroccurs.
Forexample,promotingaconfigurationtoanotherstagemightinvolveachange
inresourcepoolsthatcantriggerVMotion.
 IfsomeoneswitchesaDRSclustertoaclusterwithoutDRS,thedefaultquotas
associatedwiththatnon‐DRSclustercannegatetheStageManagerquota.