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
customer experience improvement program
collected information 63
disabling 63
enabling 63
customizable UI, disabling 26
D
data, refreshing 29
data center folder management folder 159
data center workflows 158
data centers, creating 66
data collection levels 44
data collector, enabling 63
database
impact of statistics on 43
limiting size 48
retention policy 48
vCenter Server 15
datastore and files workflows 158
datastores
about 18
relocate virtual machine files 124
default vRealize Orchestrator 147
device management workflows 167
different licensing interface 83
disable the related objects tabs 26
disconnecting from vCenter Server 24
distributed virtual port group workflows 161
distributed virtual switch workflows 161
divided license keys 101
dockable UI 26
downgraded license keys 101
drag objects 35
E
edit the association of workflows 148
edit associations of workflows 146
edit custom attributes 78
Email messages 46
encrypted vMotion 119
Enhanced Authentication Plug-in 27
Enhanced Linked Mode 61
Enhanced vMotion Compatibility, See EVC
ESX agent VMs, settings 40
ESXi
about 15
rebooting 107
shutdown 107
ESXi dump collector service, configuring 58
ESXi hosts, configuring the boot device 39
evaluation mode 91
EVC
configuring 128
CPUID details 132
creating a cluster 127
enabling on a cluster 128
requirements 127
supported processors 127
virtual ESXi host support 125
EVC modes
virtual machines 129
without 3DNow! 130
events, configuring retention policy 48
export an association of workflows 149
export associations of workflows 146
export license report 95
F
Feature 82
feedback 9
filter, inventory objects 31
firewall, configure communication 62
folders, creating 68
G
Getting Started pages, preferences 34
guest operation files workflows 157
guest operation processes workflows 157
H
headless 171–173
hiding sidebars 26
host
evaluation mode 91
managing 109
verify certificates 49
host folder management workflows 159
host management 109
host management registration workflows 160
host Summary tab, EVC modes 130
hosts
about 18
adding 66
advanced attributes 40
configuring 39
configuring boot device 39
connecting to vCenter Server 109
definition 18
disconnecting 109
disconnecting from vCenter Server 109
ESXi 107
reconnecting 110
removing from cluster 110
removing from vCenter Server 111
time configuration 41
hypervisor 13
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