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Table Of Contents
selecting VMDK file 39
serial port, adding 68
serial port configuration 68
services, VMware Tools 43
shutting down guest 47
shutting down host 22
snapshot, delta disks 74
snapshots
about 72
avoiding use as virtual machine backups 75
behavior 72
bus-sharing limitation 75
child 72
copy-on-write 74
Delete option 78
Delete all option 78
deleting 78
delta disks 72
files 74
for virtual machines with large capacity
disks 75
hierarchy 72
limitations 75
manage 79
memory 75
memory files 74
parent 72
performance impact of 75
quiescing virtual machine files 75
restoring 77
reverting to 77
sparse disks 74
taking 75, 76
unsupported disk types 75
virtual machine activity 75
software iSCSI, networking 96
software iSCSI adapter 96
software iSCSI initiators, setting up discovery
addresses 100
sound controller, adding 70
SSH 23
standard switches, managing 112
starting host 8
starting services 16
static targets, adding 100
static discovery addresses 100
static target 100
stopping services 16
storage, monitor 104
storage adapters
managing 95
viewing 95
storage devices, managing 103
storage management 83
storage rescan, performing 104
storage controllers
limitations for VMware Paravirtual SCSI 65
VMware Paravirtual SCSI 65
storage device information, viewing 83
storage resources
viewing 95
virtual machine 95
storage thin provisioning 94
strict lockdown mode 28, 29
support bundle 26, 28
suspending 47
system requirements 7
system settings, managing 11
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taking snapshots 76
TCP/IP stack, viewing configuration 119
TCP/IP stack configuration, changing 120
TCP/IP stacks
configuring 107
monitor 123
TCP/IP stack name 120
TCP/IP stacks events, viewing 123
TCP/IP stacks tasks, viewing 123
thin disks, creating 94
thin provisioning 94
thin provisioned virtual disk, creating 94
time and date 12
traffic shaping, configuring 108
troubleshooting 11
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unmount datastore 90
unmouting datastores 89
updating VIBs 15
upgrade, VMware Tools 43
upgrading, stage 4 43
upgrading host 21
upgrading VMware Tools, process overview 44
uploading files 90
uploading files to datastore 90
USB devices, adding 70
USB controllers, adding to virtual machine 63
user authorization 18
user management 18
user permissions, assigning 25
user role, removing 26
users
removing 25
removing from hosts 19
using consoles 41
vSphere Single Host Management - VMware Host Client
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