6.5.1
Table Of Contents
- vCenter Server and Host Management
- Contents
- About VMware vCenter Server and Host Management
- Updated Information
- vSphere Concepts and Features
- Using the vSphere Web Client
- Log in to vCenter Server by Using the vSphere Web Client
- Log out of vCenter Server Using the vSphere Web Client
- Use the vSphere Web Client Navigator
- Customize the User Interface
- Install the VMware Enhanced Authentication Plug-in
- Pause and Resume a Task in Progress
- Refresh Data
- Searching the Inventory
- Use Quick Filters
- View Recent Objects
- Configure the vSphere Web Client Timeout Value
- Remove Stored User Data
- Drag Objects
- Export Lists
- Attach File to Service Request
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Configuring Hosts and vCenter Server
- Host Configuration
- Synchronizing Clocks on the vSphere Network
- Configuring vCenter Server
- Configure License Settings for vCenter Server
- Configuring Statistics Settings
- Configure Runtime Settings for vCenter Server
- Configure User Directory Settings
- Configure Mail Sender Settings
- Configure SNMP Settings
- View Port Settings
- Configure Timeout Settings
- Configure Logging Options
- Configure Database Settings
- Verifying SSL Certificates for Legacy Hosts
- Configure Advanced Settings
- Send a Message to Other Logged In Users
- Edit the Settings of Services
- Start, Stop, and Restart Services
- Configuring Services in the vSphere Web Client
- Using Enhanced Linked Mode
- Configuring Communication Among ESXi , vCenter Server, and the vSphere Web Client
- Configuring Customer Experience Improvement Program
- Organizing Your Inventory
- Tagging Objects
- License Management and Reporting
- Licensing Terminology and Definitions
- The License Service in vSphere 6.5
- Licensing for Environments with vCenter Server Systems 6.0 and Later, and 5.5
- Licensing for Products in vSphere
- Suite Licensing
- Managing Licenses
- Viewing Licensing Information
- Generating Reports for License Use in the vSphere Web Client
- Importing License Keys Data from My VMware
- Working with Tasks
- Reboot or Shut Down an ESXi Host
- Managing Hosts with vCenter Server in the vSphere Client
- Migrating Virtual Machines
- Cold Migration
- Migration with vMotion
- Migration with Storage vMotion
- CPU Compatibility and EVC
- CPU Compatibility Scenarios
- CPU Families and Feature Sets
- About Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
- EVC Requirements for Hosts
- Create an EVC Cluster
- Enable EVC on an Existing Cluster
- Change the EVC Mode for a Cluster
- Determine EVC Modes for Virtual Machines
- Determine the EVC Mode that a Host Supports
- Prepare Clusters for AMD Processors Without 3DNow!
- CPU Compatibility Masks
- View CPUID Details for an EVC Cluster
- Migrate a Powered-Off or Suspended Virtual Machine
- Migrate a Virtual Machine to a New Compute Resource
- Migrate a Virtual Machine to a New Compute Resource and Storage
- Migrate a Virtual Machine to New Storage
- Place vMotion Traffic on the vMotion TCP/IP Stack of an ESXi Host
- Place Traffic for Cold Migration on the Provisioning TCP/IP Stack
- Limits on Simultaneous Migrations
- About Migration Compatibility Checks
- Automating Management Tasks by Using vRealize Orchestrator
- Concepts of Workflows
- Performing Administration Tasks on the vSphere Objects
- Configure the Default vRealize Orchestrator
- Managing Associations of Workflows with vSphere Inventory Objects
- Managing Workflows
- Workflows for Managing Inventory Objects
- Cluster and Compute Resource Workflows
- Guest Operation Files Workflows
- Guest Operation Processes Workflows
- Custom Attributes Workflows
- Data Center Workflows
- Datastore and Files Workflows
- Data Center Folder Management Workflows
- Host Folder Management Workflows
- Virtual Machine Folder Management Workflows
- Basic Host Management Workflows
- Host Power Management Workflows
- Host Registration Management Workflows
- Networking Workflows
- Distributed Virtual Port Group Workflows
- Distributed Virtual Switch Workflows
- Standard Virtual Switch Workflows
- Resource Pool Workflows
- Storage Workflows
- Storage DRS Workflows
- Basic Virtual Machine Management Workflows
- Clone Workflows
- Linked Clone Workflows
- Linux Customization Clone Workflows
- Tools Clone Workflows
- Windows Customization Clone Workflows
- Device Management Workflows
- Move and Migrate Workflows
- Other Workflows
- Power Management Workflows
- Snapshot Workflows
- VMware Tools Workflows
- About Headless Systems
- Index
Workflows for Managing Inventory Objects
The default workows for managing vSphere inventory objects are the workows included in the
vCenter Server plug-in workow library. The vCenter Server plug-in workow library contains workows
that you can use to run automated processes related to the vCenter Server and host management.
To access workows in the vSphere Web Client, make sure that you congure at least one running
Orchestrator server to work with the same Single Sign-On instance to which both vCenter Server and
vSphere Web Client are pointing. You must also ensure that Orchestrator is registered as a vCenter Server
extension. You register Orchestrator as a vCenter Server extension when you specify a user account that has
the necessary privileges to manage vCenter Server extensions. For more information, see Installing and
Conguring VMware vRealize Orchestrator.
N Only a predened set of vCenter Server workows are available by default in the context menu. You
can associate additional workows with each vSphere object. See “Associate Workows with vSphere
Inventory Object Types,” on page 147.
Cluster and Compute Resource Workflows
With the cluster and compute resource workows, you can create, rename or delete a cluster, and enable or
disable high availability on a cluster.
Add DRS virtual
machine group to
cluster
Adds a DRS virtual machine group to a cluster.
Add virtual machines to
DRS group
Adds a virtual machine list to an existing DRS virtual machine group.
Create cluster
Creates a cluster in a host folder.
Delete cluster
Deletes a cluster.
Disable DRS on cluster
Disables DRS on a cluster.
Disable HA on cluster
Disables high availability on a cluster.
Disable vCloud
Distributed Storage on
cluster
Disables vCloud Distributed Storage on a cluster.
Enable DRS on cluster
Enables DRS on a cluster.
Enable HA on cluster
Enables high availability on a cluster.
Enable vCloud
Distributed Storage on
cluster
Enables vCloud Distributed Storage on a cluster.
Remove virtual machine
DRS group from cluster
Removes a DRS virtual machine group from a cluster.
Remove virtual
machines from DRS
group
Removes virtual machines from a cluster DRS group.
Rename cluster
Renames a cluster.
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