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Tasks for which the workflow differs significantly between the
vSphere Client and the vSphere Web Client have duplicate procedures that
provide steps according to the respective client interface. The procedures
that relate to the vSphere Web Client, contain vSphere Web Client in the
title.
vSphere Web Client The vSphere Web Client is a web application installed on a machine with
network access to your vCenter Server installation.
VMware Host Client
The VMware Host Client is a Web-based application that you can use to
manage individual ESXi hosts that are not connected to a vCenter Server
system.
For more information about the VMware Host Client, see vSphere Single
Host Management - VMware Host Client.
vSphere Command-
Line Interfaces
vSphere supports multiple command-line interfaces for configuring virtual
machines, ESXi hosts, and vCenter Server.
Note In vSphere 6.7, most of the vSphere Web Client functionality is implemented in the vSphere Client.
For an up-to-date list of the unsupported functionality, see Functionality Updates for the vSphere Client.
vSphere Managed Inventory Objects
In vSphere, the inventory is a collection of virtual and physical objects on which you can place
permissions, monitor tasks and events, and set alarms. You can group most inventory objects by using
folders to more easily manage them.
All inventory objects, with the exception of hosts, can be renamed to represent their purposes. For
example, they can be named after company departments or locations or functions.
Note Managed object names cannot exceed 214 bytes (UTF-8 encoded).
vCenter Server monitors and manages the following inventory objects:
Data Centers Unlike folders, which are used to organize specific object types, a data
center is an aggregation of all the different types of objects used to work in
virtual infrastructure.
Within each data center, there are four separate hierarchies.
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Virtual machines (and templates)
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Hosts (and clusters)
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Networks
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Datastores
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