6.5.1

Create a Scheduled Task with a Keyboard Shortcut 36
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Conguring Hosts and vCenter Server 39
Host Conguration 39
Congure the Boot Device on an ESXi Host 39
Congure Agent VM Seings 40
Set Advanced Host Aributes 40
Synchronizing Clocks on the vSphere Network 41
Edit Time Conguration for a Host 41
Conguring vCenter Server 42
Congure License Seings for vCenter Server 42
Conguring Statistics Seings 42
Congure Runtime Seings for vCenter Server 45
Congure User Directory Seings 45
Congure Mail Sender Seings 46
Congure SNMP Seings 46
View Port Seings 47
Congure Timeout Seings 47
Congure Logging Options 48
Congure Database Seings 48
Verifying SSL Certicates for Legacy Hosts 49
Congure Advanced Seings 50
Send a Message to Other Logged In Users 50
Edit the Seings of Services 51
Start, Stop, and Restart Services 51
Conguring Services in the vSphere Web Client 52
Using Enhanced Linked Mode 61
Conguring Communication Among ESXi , vCenter Server, and the vSphere Web Client 62
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Conguring Customer Experience Improvement Program 63
Categories of Information That VMware Receives 63
Join the Customer Experience Improvement Program in the vSphere Web Client 63
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Organizing Your Inventory 65
Create Data Centers 66
Add a Host 66
Create Clusters 67
Create a Folder 68
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Tagging Objects 71
Migrate Custom Aributes to Tags 71
Create a Tag Category 73
Delete a Tag Category 73
Edit a Tag Category 74
Create a Tag 75
Assign a Tag to an Object 75
Remove a Tag from an Object 75
Delete a Tag 76
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