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
metadata 71
migrating
encrypted virtual machines 119
MAC addresses management 124
network compatibility checks 123
powered-off virtual machines 132
powered-on virtual machines 134
suspended virtual machines 115, 132
turned off virtual machines 115
virtual machine disks 137
virtual machines 113
virtual machines and storage
simultaneously 135
virtual machines with Storage vMotion 137
virtual machines without shared storage 135
with drag in vSphere Web Client,
migrate 35
with vMotion 134
migration
about 113
compatibility checks 142
disable Encrypted vMotion 120
enable Encrypted vMotion 120
limits 141
relocate virtual machine files 124
Storage vMotion 124
with encrypted vMotion 119
with vMotion 116
migration across vCenter Server systems 123
modules, See plug-ins
move and migrate workflows 167
My VMware imports 96
My VMware import, complete 100
My VMware license keys, adding 99
N
navigating, vSphere Web Client 24
networking workflows 160
networks
best practices for vMotion 119
requirements for vMotion 117
normal operations 47
O
object navigator 24
objects, migrate 35
Open Virtualization Format service, settings 56
Orchestrator
associate workflows 147
browsing the inventory 152
edit the association of workflows 148
export an association of workflows 149
finding a workflow 153
import an association of workflows 149
managing associations of workflows 147
running workflows 150
scheduling workflows 153
searching for workflows 152
workflow management 150
workflow schedule editing 154
workflow runs information 151
workflow scheduling 153–155
workflow search 152
workflows waiting for user interaction 152
Orchestrator Web Client, default workflows 156
output parameters 145
overview of
Orchestrator 145
Orchestrator view 146
workflows 145
OVF service 56
P
pausing, tasks 28
performance charts, data collection levels 44
Performance Charts service, settings 56
physical topology
computing servers 14
desktop clients 14
IP networks 14
storage networks and arrays 14
vCenter Server 14
plug-ins 15
power host management workflows 160
power management workflows 169
power management 20
presentation 145
Product 82
Product edition 82
Q
query limit 45
quick filters 31, 32
quick filter types 32
quick filters reference 32
quick search 29
R
raw device mappings, migrating 124
RDMs, See raw device mappings
receiver URL 46
recent objects 33
recommendation reports, using 101
reconnecting hosts 110
refreshing, data 29
resource pool workflows 162
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