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Basic System AdministrationESX Server 3.5, ESX Server 3i version 3.5VirtualCenter 2.5This document supports the version of each product listed andsupp

Basic System Administration10 VMware, Inc.ViewingCharts 290SavingChartDatatoaFile 291CustomizingChartViews 291ResourceMaps 293AboutVMotionR

Basic System Administration100 VMware, Inc.System Log FilesInadditiontolistsofeventsandalarms,VMwareInfrastructurecomponentsgenerateassort

VMware, Inc. 101Chapter 5 System ConfigurationTo search and list selected items 1Withthelogyouwanttofilterdisplayed,chooseView>Filtering

Basic System Administration102 VMware, Inc..Table 5‐13listslogfilesassociatedwiththeVIClientmachine.VIClientAgentlog /var/log/vmware/vpx/

VMware, Inc. 103Chapter 5 System ConfigurationConfiguring Syslog on ESX Server HostsAllESXServerhostsrunasyslogservice(syslogd),whichlogsme

Basic System Administration104 VMware, Inc.7IntheSyslog.Remote.Porttextbox,entertheportontheremotehosttowhichsyslogdatawillbeforward

VMware, Inc. 105Chapter 5 System Configuration3IftheVIClientisconnectedtoanESXServer,specifythelocationforthelogfiles.4ClickOK.Afile

Basic System Administration106 VMware, Inc.To collect ESX Server VMkernel files IftheVMkernelfails,normallyanerrormessageappearsforaperiod

VMware, Inc. 1076ThischapterdescribeshowtomanagetheobjectsinyourVMwareInfrastructureenvironment.Thisincludesfolders,datacenters,clus

Basic System Administration108 VMware, Inc.Understanding VI Client ObjectsThereareseveralwaystogetinsightintotherelationshipsbetweendiffere

VMware, Inc. 109Chapter 6 Managing the VI Client InventoryIfyoursystemislicensed,youcanenablethefollowingclusterfeatures: VMwareHA–Allo

VMware, Inc. 11ContentsGlobal 331HostCIM 333HostConfiguration 333HostInventory 335HostLocalOperations 337Network 337Performance 338Permissions 33

Basic System Administration110 VMware, Inc. Networks–InVirtualCenterServeronly.Childobjecttodatacenters.Networksarediscoveredwhenhosts

VMware, Inc. 111Chapter 6 Managing the VI Client Inventory Iftheobjectisacluster,resourcepool,host,orvirtualmachine,awizardappears.Ans

Basic System Administration112 VMware, Inc. Resourcepools—Canbemovedtootherresourcepoolsandfolders. Virtualmachines—Canbemovedtoot

VMware, Inc. 113Chapter 6 Managing the VI Client Inventory Uploadafilefromtheclientcomputertoadatastore. Downloadafilefromadatastoret

Basic System Administration114 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 115Virtual Machine Management

Basic System Administration116 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 1177ThischapterdescribeshowtomanagehostsusingVirtualCenter.ForinformationonconfigurationmanagementofESXServerhosts,see

Basic System Administration118 VMware, Inc.About Hosts Ahostisavirtualizationplatform,anESXServersystem,thatsupportsvirtualmachines.AVi

VMware, Inc. 119Chapter 7 Managing Hosts in VirtualCenterUnderstanding Host StatesActionstakenuponamanagedhostrequirethatthemanagedhostbei

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Basic System Administration120 VMware, Inc.4Enterthemanagedhostconnectionsettings.aTypethenameofthemanagedhostintheHostnamefield.bEnt

VMware, Inc. 121Chapter 7 Managing Hosts in VirtualCenteraSpecifywhatshouldhappentotheresourcepoolsonthehost.Theoptionsare: Putalltheh

Basic System Administration122 VMware, Inc. Verifiesthatthemanagedhostversionissupported.Ifitisnot,andthemanagedhostversioncanbeup

VMware, Inc. 123Chapter 7 Managing Hosts in VirtualCenterIfthemanagedhostisdisconnected,theword“disconnected”isappendedtotheobjectnamei

Basic System Administration124 VMware, Inc.Removing a Host from a ClusterHostscanberemovedfromaclusterbyselectingthemfromeithertheinvento

VMware, Inc. 125Chapter 7 Managing Hosts in VirtualCenterThehosticonchangesandtheterm“maintenancemode”isaddedtothenameinparentheses.5Mo

Basic System Administration126 VMware, Inc.Figure 7-1. Removing a HostTo remove a managed host1FromtheVIClientconnectedtoaVirtualCenterServer

VMware, Inc. 127Chapter 7 Managing Hosts in VirtualCenter5 Selecttheappropriatemanagedhosticonintheinventorypanel,andchooseRemovefromthe

Basic System Administration128 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 1298ThischapterdescribestheGuidedConsolidationfeature,afeaturerecommendedforsmallerITenvironmentstogetsetupandrunning

VMware, Inc. 13 Thismanual,BasicSystemAdministration,describeshowtostartandstoptheVMware®InfrastructureClient(VIClient)components,

Basic System Administration130 VMware, Inc.About Datacenter ConsolidationAccesstheGuidedConsolidationfeaturebyclickingtheConsolidationnavigat

VMware, Inc. 131Chapter 8 Consolidating the Datacenter ConsolidationservicesrequirelocaladministratorprivilegesontheVirtualCenterserver.Spe

Basic System Administration132 VMware, Inc.To view active consolidation servicesSelectAdministration>ConsolidationSettings>ServiceStatus

VMware, Inc. 133Chapter 8 Consolidating the DatacenterTo discover physical systems in your datacenter1IntheVIClienttoolbar,clickConsolidationto

Basic System Administration134 VMware, Inc.Supplying System-level Administrator CredentialsVirtualCenterrequiresadministratoraccesstothesystems

VMware, Inc. 135Chapter 8 Consolidating the Datacenter Confidence–IndicatesthedegreetowhichVirtualCenterisabletogatherperformancedataab

Basic System Administration136 VMware, Inc.To initiate the conversion process1IntheAnalysistab,selectthesystemsyouwanttoconsolidateandclic

VMware, Inc. 137Chapter 8 Consolidating the Datacenter Status Initiatedby StartTime CompleteTimeTroubleshooting ConsolidationThissectiondiscu

Basic System Administration138 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 1399TheVMwareInfrastructureClient(VIClient)allowsyoutoimportandexportvirtualappliancesstoredinOpenVirtualMachineForma

Basic System Administration14 VMware, Inc. Intended AudienceTheinformationpresentedinthismanualiswrittenforsystemadministratorswhoareexp

Basic System Administration140 VMware, Inc.About OVFOVFisafileformatthatallowsforexchangeofvirtualappliancesacrossproductsandplatforms.

VMware, Inc. 141Chapter 9 Importing and Exporting Virtual Machines6 (Optional)Editthenameandselectadatacenter.Adefaultnamemightbeprovided.

Basic System Administration142 VMware, Inc.6Ifyouwanttocreateanewfolderfortheappliance,selecttheCreatefolderforvirtualmachinecheckb

VMware, Inc. 14310TheVMwareInfrastructureClient(VIClient)enablesyoutodeployandmanagevirtualmachines.TheVIClientprovidesseveralways

Basic System Administration144 VMware, Inc.Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics: “UsingtheNewVirtualMachineWizard”onpage 144 “Installin

VMware, Inc. 145Chapter 10 Creating Virtual MachinesToopentheVirtualMachinePropertiesdialogboxfromtheNewVirtualMachinewizard,selectthe

Basic System Administration146 VMware, Inc.8 Selectadatastoreinwhichtostorethevirtualmachinefiles,andclickNext.Youshouldchooseadatast

VMware, Inc. 147Chapter 10 Creating Virtual MachinesThecoloredtrianglesalongthesliderrepresenttheseamountsasindicatedbythekeyonthewiza

Basic System Administration148 VMware, Inc.17 OntheReadytoCompleteNewVirtualMachinepage,reviewyourselectionsandspecifythefollowingopti

VMware, Inc. 149Chapter 10 Creating Virtual Machines7Iftheresourcepooloptionisavailable,expandthetreeuntilyoulocatetheresourcepoolinw

VMware, Inc. 15About This Book Technical Support and Education ResourcesThefollowingsectionsdescribethetechnicalsupportresourcesavailableto

Basic System Administration150 VMware, Inc.14 ClickNext.15 ChoosethenetworkstoconnecttoandtheiroptionsbyselectinghowmanyNICsyouwantto

VMware, Inc. 151Chapter 10 Creating Virtual MachinesMappingaSANLUNgivesyourvirtualmachinedirectaccesstothatSAN,allowingyoutouseexisti

Basic System Administration152 VMware, Inc.23 OntheReadytoCompleteNewVirtualMachinepage,reviewyourselectionsandspecifythefollowingopti

VMware, Inc. 153Chapter 10 Creating Virtual MachinesMapping a SAN LUN ForvirtualmachinesrunningonanESXServerhost,insteadofstoringvirtualm

Basic System Administration154 VMware, Inc.8OntheSpecifyAdvancedOptionspage,youcanchangethevirtualdevicenodeandclickNext.9OntheReady

VMware, Inc. 155Chapter 10 Creating Virtual Machines3Topoweronyourvirtualmachine,clickthePowerOnbutton.Whenavirtualmachineispoweredon,

Basic System Administration156 VMware, Inc. Asetofscriptsthathelpsyoutoautomateguestoperatingsystemoperations.Thescriptsrunwhenthev

VMware, Inc. 157Chapter 10 Creating Virtual MachinesTheinstallersforVMwareToolsforWindows,Linux,Solaris,andNetWareguestoperatingsystemsa

Basic System Administration158 VMware, Inc.To install or upgrade VMware Tools on a Linux guest from X with the RPM installer1Openaconsoletothevir

VMware, Inc. 159Chapter 10 Creating Virtual MachinesTo install or upgrade VMware Tools on a Linux guest with the tar installer or RPM installer1Opena

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Basic System Administration160 VMware, Inc.5UncompresstheinstallerandunmounttheCD‐ROMimage.Dependingonwhetheryouareusingthetarinstaller

VMware, Inc. 161Chapter 10 Creating Virtual MachinesTo install or upgrade VMware Tools on a Solaris guest1Openaconsoletothevirtualmachine.2Power

Basic System Administration162 VMware, Inc.To install VMware Tools in a NetWare virtual machine1Openaconsoletothevirtualmachine.2Poweronthevi

VMware, Inc. 163Chapter 10 Creating Virtual MachinesTo display the VMware Tools Properties dialog box on Windows guestsOpenaconsoletothevirtualm

Basic System Administration164 VMware, Inc.7 (Optional)Entercommand‐lineoptionsintheAdvancedfield(see“Command‐LineOptions”onpage 164).8Cli

VMware, Inc. 165Chapter 10 Creating Virtual MachinesTo configure virtual machines to automatically upgrade VMware Tools:1OpentheVirtualMachineProp

Basic System Administration166 VMware, Inc.7ClicktheredXnexttoeachoptionalfeatureyouwanttoinstall,andselectThisfeaturewillbeinstall

VMware, Inc. 167Chapter 10 Creating Virtual Machines3Inthelistofprograms,selectVMwareToolsandclickChange.TheVMwareToolsInstallationwiza

Basic System Administration168 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 16911Thischapterdescribesvirtualmachinetasks,includingaddingandremovingvirtualmachinesandpoweringvirtualmachinesonando

VMware, Inc. 17Getting Started

Basic System Administration170 VMware, Inc.Therearealsoseveralaccesspointsformakingchangestothesepowerstates.Youcanchangeapowerstate

VMware, Inc. 171Chapter 11 Managing Virtual MachinesThefollowingpoweroptionsperformextrafunctionsinadditiontothebasicvirtualmachinepower

Basic System Administration172 VMware, Inc.Understanding Transitional Power StatesActionstakenonavirtualmachinerequirethatthevirtualmachine

VMware, Inc. 173Chapter 11 Managing Virtual MachinesUsing Suspend and ResumeThesuspendandresumefeatureismostusefulwhenyouwanttosavethecu

Basic System Administration174 VMware, Inc.Scheduling a Power State Change for a Virtual MachineDependinguponyourpermissions,youcancreateasche

VMware, Inc. 175Chapter 11 Managing Virtual MachinesAdding and Removing Virtual Machines VirtualmachinescanbeaddedtotheVirtualCenterServerinv

Basic System Administration176 VMware, Inc.6Toconfirmthatyouwanttoremovethevirtualmachinefromtheinventory,clickOK.VirtualCenterServerr

VMware, Inc. 177Chapter 11 Managing Virtual MachinesStarting and Shutting Down Virtual MachinesYoucanconfigureyourvirtualmachinetostartupand

Basic System Administration178 VMware, Inc.5ClickProperties.TheVirtualMachineStartupandShutdowndialogboxappears.6Ifyouwanttoallowvirtua

VMware, Inc. 17912ThischapterdescribestheVirtualMachinePropertieseditorandtheAddHardwarewizard.Theseallowyoutoeditandconfigureyou

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Basic System Administration180 VMware, Inc.3 (Optional)Poweroffthevirtualmachine.Mostofthepropertiesofavirtualmachinecanbechangedonly

VMware, Inc. 181Chapter 12 Configuring Virtual Machines4IfyoudonotwanttheCD‐ROMdriveconnectedwhenthevirtualmachinestarts,deselectConnec

Basic System Administration182 VMware, Inc.To change the SCSI device configuration1ClicktheHardwaretab.2 SelecttheSCSIdeviceinthehardwarelis

VMware, Inc. 183Chapter 12 Configuring Virtual MachinesTo change the virtual Ethernet adapter (NIC) configuration1ClicktheHardwaretab.2Clicktheap

Basic System Administration184 VMware, Inc.YoucanalsospecifywhethertheSCSIbusisshared.Dependingonthetypeofsharing,virtualmachinescan

VMware, Inc. 185Chapter 12 Configuring Virtual Machines6 Ifyouareconnectingtwovirtualmachines,youmustconfigureaserialportasanamedpipe

Basic System Administration186 VMware, Inc.To change the virtual processor or CPU configurationIfthevirtualmachineisonanESXServerhostandyou

VMware, Inc. 187Chapter 12 Configuring Virtual Machines Advanced>FibreChannelNPIV—VirtualnodeandportWorldWideNames(WWNs). Advanced&

Basic System Administration188 VMware, Inc.6 (Optional)ConfiguretheguestoperatingsystemtosynchronizetimewiththehostbyselectingtheSynchr

VMware, Inc. 189Chapter 12 Configuring Virtual Machinesencounteringproblems,deselectDisableacceleration.Youmightthenbeabletoruntheprogram

VMware, Inc. 191ThischapterintroducesVMwareInfrastructurecomponentsandtheoperationsthatyouusewhenmanagingyourvirtualmachinesthrough

Basic System Administration190 VMware, Inc.thoseversionsoftheLinuxguestoperatingsystemwhichsupportVMIparavirtualization.6 SelectAdvanced

VMware, Inc. 191Chapter 12 Configuring Virtual MachinesLUNusingtheirNPIVWWNs.Ensurethataccessisprovidedtoboththehostandthevirtualmach

Basic System Administration192 VMware, Inc.8 SelectAdvanced>SwapfileLocation.Chooseoneofthefollowingoptions: Default—Storethevirtual

VMware, Inc. 193Chapter 12 Configuring Virtual Machines Reservation–GuaranteedCPUallocationforthisvirtualmachine. Limit–Upperlimitfort

Basic System Administration194 VMware, Inc.3 ChooseHyperthreadingSharingModefromthedrop‐downmenu.Theoptionsare: Any–(default)Thevirtua

VMware, Inc. 195Chapter 12 Configuring Virtual Machines3Fromthedrop‐downmenuintheResourceallocationpanel,choosearelativemetricforallocat

Basic System Administration196 VMware, Inc.Disk ResourcesTheDiskResourcespanelletsyouallocatehostdiskI/Obandwidthtothevirtualharddisks

VMware, Inc. 197Chapter 12 Configuring Virtual MachinesTo add a serial port1StarttheAddHardwarewizard.2 SelectSerialPort,andclickNext.3 Selec

Basic System Administration198 VMware, Inc.To add a parallel port 1StarttheAddHardwarewizard.2 SelectParallelPort,andclickNext.3 Selectphysi

VMware, Inc. 199Chapter 12 Configuring Virtual MachinesTo add a floppy drive1StarttheAddHardwarewizard.2 SelectFloppyDrive,andclickNext.3 Sel

VMware, Inc.3401 Hillview Ave.Palo Alto, CA 94304www.vmware.com2 VMware, Inc.Basic System Administration You can find the most up-to-date technical do

Basic System Administration20 VMware, Inc.Two Approaches to Managing Virtual MachinesVMwareInfrastructureClient(VIClient)isaflexible,configura

Basic System Administration200 VMware, Inc.To add a hard disk1StarttheAddHardwarewizard.2 SelectHardDisk,andclickNext.3 Selectthetypeofst

VMware, Inc. 201Chapter 12 Configuring Virtual Machines9ClickNext.10 Reviewtheinformation,andclickFinish.To add a SCSI device 1StarttheAddHa

Basic System Administration202 VMware, Inc.Upgrading Virtual HardwareToallowlegacyvirtualmachinestotakefulladvantageofthecapabilitiesoffer

VMware, Inc. 20313Thischapterdescribescreatingtemplatesandcloningvirtualmachines.Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics: “Understanding

Basic System Administration204 VMware, Inc.templates.Virtualmachinescanbetransformedintotemplateswithoutrequiringafullcopyofthevirtual

VMware, Inc. 205Chapter 13 Working with Templates and ClonesTo convert an existing virtual machine to a template1StarttheVIClientandlogintothe

Basic System Administration206 VMware, Inc.To clone an existing template1StarttheVIclient,andlogintotheVirtualCenterServer.2ClicktheInvent

VMware, Inc. 207Chapter 13 Working with Templates and Clones3Convertthevirtualmachinetoatemplate.Youcandirectlychangethenameofatemplate

Basic System Administration208 VMware, Inc.5Givethenewvirtualmachineaname,selectalocation,andclickNext.Thenamecanbeupto80characters

VMware, Inc. 209Chapter 13 Working with Templates and ClonesTo convert a template to a virtual machine1StartVirtualCenterclient,andlogintotheV

VMware, Inc. 21Chapter 1 VMware Infrastructure ComponentsFigure 1-2. VMware Infrastructure Components with a VirtualCenter ServerComponents of VMware

Basic System Administration210 VMware, Inc.4Right‐clickthetemplate,andchooseDeletefromDisk.5ClickOKtoconfirmremovingthetemplatefromthe

VMware, Inc. 211Chapter 13 Working with Templates and ClonesTo clone a virtual machine1StartVirtualCenterandlogintotheVirtualCenterServer.2Fro

Basic System Administration212 VMware, Inc.Creating a Scheduled Task to Clone a Virtual MachineThisprocedurecreatesascheduledtasktocloneavirt

VMware, Inc. 213Chapter 13 Working with Templates and Clones8 SelecttheradiobuttonforNoworLater.Iflater,enterthetimeanddatewhenyouwan

Basic System Administration214 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 21514Nowthatyouhavecreatedandconfiguredavirtualmachine,youhavetheoptiontocustomizetheidentityandnetworksettingsofy

Basic System Administration216 VMware, Inc.Preparing for Guest CustomizationWhenyoudeployanewvirtualmachinefromatemplateorcloneanexisting

VMware, Inc. 217Chapter 14 Customizing Guest Operating SystemsForWindowsguestoperatingsystems:IfthevirtualmachineresidesonahostrunningES

Basic System Administration218 VMware, Inc. TheMicrosoftSyspreptoolsareinstalledontheVirtualCenterserver. Ifthevirtualmachineresideso

VMware, Inc. 219Chapter 14 Customizing Guest Operating SystemsTo customize a Windows guest operating systemTheGuestCustomizationwizardstartsindir

Basic System Administration22 VMware, Inc. VirtualCenterServer–TheworkingcoreofVirtualCenter.VirtualCenterServerisasingleWindowsService

Basic System Administration220 VMware, Inc.4OntheWindowsLicensepage,specifytheWindowslicensekeyforthenewguestoperatingsystem.ClickNex

VMware, Inc. 221Chapter 14 Customizing Guest Operating Systems9IftypicalVirtualCenterconfigurationisnotappropriateforyourenvironment,select

Basic System Administration222 VMware, Inc.10 OntheWorkgrouporDomainpage,completeoneofthesesteps: Tojoinaworkgroup,selectWorkgroup,ty

VMware, Inc. 223Chapter 14 Customizing Guest Operating SystemsThecomputernameisthenamegiventotheparticularinstanceofaguestoperatingsyst

Basic System Administration224 VMware, Inc.6OntheDNSandDomainsettingspage,entertheIPaddressesfortheDNSservers.SpecifytheDNSconnectio

VMware, Inc. 225Chapter 14 Customizing Guest Operating Systems2Tocreateanewspecification,clicktheNewicon.TheGuestCustomizationwizardappear

Basic System Administration226 VMware, Inc.8ClickNext.TheoperatingsystemLicensepageappears.9IntheLicensepage,typetheproductIDifthevirt

VMware, Inc. 227Chapter 14 Customizing Guest Operating SystemsInthelattercase,youmustalsoenterausernameandpasswordforauseraccountthat

Basic System Administration228 VMware, Inc.26 ClickOKtoclosethedialogbox.27 ClicktheEditicontoredisplaytheGuestCustomizationwizard,and

VMware, Inc. 229Chapter 14 Customizing Guest Operating SystemsCompleting a Guest Operating System CustomizationThefinalcustomizationstepsoccurwhe

VMware, Inc. 23Chapter 1 VMware Infrastructure Components VirtualCenteragent–Oneachmanagedhost,softwarethatcollects,communicates,andexecu

Basic System Administration230 VMware, Inc.Ifanyoftheinformationrequiredintheconfigurationfinalizationprocessisnotcorrect,theguestoper

VMware, Inc. 23115Thischapterdescribestheprocessofmigrating—movingavirtualmachinefromonehosttoanother.Thischaptercontainsthefollow

Basic System Administration232 VMware, Inc.About MigrationMigrationistheprocessofmovingavirtualmachinefromonehosttoanother.Ifthevirtua

VMware, Inc. 233Chapter 15 Migrating Virtual MachinesMigrationThevirtualmachineyouwanttomigratemustbepoweredofforsuspendedpriortobeginn

Basic System Administration234 VMware, Inc.MigrationwithVMotionhappensinthreestages:1WhenthemigrationwithVMotionisrequested,VirtualCenter

VMware, Inc. 235Chapter 15 Migrating Virtual Machinesprocessorsmustcomefromthesamevendorclass(IntelorAMD)andsameprocessorfamily(P3,P4,

Basic System Administration236 VMware, Inc.SSE3 ConsiderationsWithintheIntelP4andAMDOpteronprocessorfamilies,VMwareplacesarestrictionbetw

VMware, Inc. 237Chapter 15 Migrating Virtual MachinesMinimum Network Requirements TwoNICswithatleastoneGigENICdedicatedtoVMotion. Forbest

Basic System Administration238 VMware, Inc.supportthisconfigurationproducesawarning,butthemigrationcanproceed.Whenthevirtualmachineisp

VMware, Inc. 239Chapter 15 Migrating Virtual Machines Warningmessagesdonotdisablemigration.Oftenthemigrationisjustifiedandyoucancontinu

Basic System Administration24 VMware, Inc. VirtualInfrastructureWebAccess(VIWebAccess)–AWebinterfacethroughwhichyoucanperformbasicvi

Basic System Administration240 VMware, Inc.Aspecifichostfeature’seffectsoncompatibilityaredependentonwhetherornotESXServerexposesorhi

VMware, Inc. 241Chapter 15 Migrating Virtual Machines Forothercases,andadvancedpurposes(intendedtobeusedusingspecificinstructionsfromVM

Basic System Administration242 VMware, Inc.Ifthewizardisinvokedthroughdrag‐and‐drop,theSelectDestinationhostorclusterwindowisskippedi

VMware, Inc. 243Chapter 15 Migrating Virtual MachinesVirtualCentermovesthevirtualmachine,includingthevirtualdisks,tothenewhost.Eventmess

Basic System Administration244 VMware, Inc.5StarttheMigrateVirtualMachinewizard.Intheinventorypanel,selectthevirtualmachineyouwanttomi

VMware, Inc. 245Chapter 15 Migrating Virtual Machines8 Selectaresourcepool,andclickNext.TheResourcePoolSelectionpagedoesnotappearifavi

Basic System Administration246 VMware, Inc.StorageVMotionhasanumberofusesinadministeringvirtualinfrastructure,includingthefollowing: Upg

VMware, Inc. 247Chapter 15 Migrating Virtual MachinesStorage VMotion Remote Command-Line SyntaxMigrationswithStorageVMotioncanbeinitiatedonbot

Basic System Administration248 VMware, Inc.Storage VMotion ExamplesTheexamplesinthissectionareformattedonmultiplelinesforreadability.Thec

VMware, Inc. 24916VMwareVirtualCentersnapshotsallowyoutopreservethestateofthevirtualmachinesoyoucanreturntothesamestaterepeatedl

VMware, Inc. 25Chapter 1 VMware Infrastructure Components VMwareDRS–Afeaturethathelpsimproveresourceallocationandpowerconsumptionacross

Basic System Administration250 VMware, Inc.Whenyoureverttoasnapshot,youreturnalltheseitemstothestatetheywereinatthetimeyoutookth

VMware, Inc. 251Chapter 16 Using SnapshotsSnapshots and Other Activity in the Virtual MachineWhenyoutakeasnapshot,beawareofotheractivitygoin

Basic System Administration252 VMware, Inc.3 (Optional)Typeadescriptionforyoursnapshot.Descriptionsareusefultoidentifydifferencesbetweens

VMware, Inc. 253Chapter 16 Using Snapshots3UnderMode,selectIndependent.Independentdisksarenotaffectedbysnapshots.Youhavethefollowingpers

Basic System Administration254 VMware, Inc.TheYouarehereiconrepresentsastatethatisneverasnapshotitselfbutratherthevirtualmachinesta

VMware, Inc. 255Chapter 16 Using SnapshotsRestoring a SnapshotVMwareVirtualCenterincludesthefollowingsnapshotmethodstoallowyoutoreturntot

Basic System Administration256 VMware, Inc.Revert to Snapshot CommandReverttoSnapshotisessentiallyashortcuttotheparentsnapshotofYouarehe

VMware, Inc. 257Chapter 16 Using SnapshotsTherearethreewaystoreverttotheparentsnapshot: ChooseInventory>VirtualMachine>Snapshot

Basic System Administration258 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 259System Administration

Basic System Administration26 VMware, Inc.Managed ComponentsVirtualCentermonitorsandmanagesvariouscomponentsofyourvirtualandphysicalinfrast

Basic System Administration260 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 26117Thischapterdescribesusers,groups,permissions,androles.VirtualCenterandESXServerhostsdeterminethelevelofaccessfor

Basic System Administration262 VMware, Inc. “Users”onpage 265 “Groups”onpage 267 “Permissions”onpage 267 “Roles”onpage 268 “A c c e s s 

VMware, Inc. 263Chapter 17 Managing Users, Groups, Permissions, and RolesHierarchical InheritancePropagationissetperpermissionrule,notuniversal

Basic System Administration264 VMware, Inc. Ifthereisnopermissiondefinedexplicitlyfortheuseronthatobject,theuserisassignedtheunion

VMware, Inc. 265Chapter 17 Managing Users, Groups, Permissions, and RolesExample3:Addingavirtualmachine Role3canaddvirtualmachines. Role4

Basic System Administration266 VMware, Inc.AnychangesyoumaketotheWindowsdomainarereflectedinVirtualCenter.Becauseyoucannotdirectlymana

VMware, Inc. 267Chapter 17 Managing Users, Groups, Permissions, and Roles ThevpxuseruserisaVirtualCenterentitywithrootrightsontheESXServ

Basic System Administration268 VMware, Inc.Mostusershavelimitedabilitytomanipulatetheobjectsassociatedwiththehost.However,ESXServerpro

VMware, Inc. 269Chapter 17 Managing Users, Groups, Permissions, and RolesTable 17-1. Default RolesRole Role Type Description User CapabilitiesNoAcce

VMware, Inc. 27Chapter 1 VMware Infrastructure Components Folders–Containersusedtogroupobjectsandorganizethemintohierarchies.Thisisnot

Basic System Administration270 VMware, Inc.Allrolespermittheusertoscheduletasksbydefault.Userscanscheduleonlytaskstheyhavepermission

VMware, Inc. 271Chapter 17 Managing Users, Groups, Permissions, and Roles “EditingRoles”onpage 273 “RemovingRoles”onpage 273 “RenamingRoles”

Basic System Administration272 VMware, Inc.3Right‐clickintheRolestabinformationpanel.ChooseAdd.TheAddRoledialogboxappears.4Typeanamefo

VMware, Inc. 273Chapter 17 Managing Users, Groups, Permissions, and Roles3Toclonetheselectedrole,chooseAdministration>Role>Clone.Adu

Basic System Administration274 VMware, Inc.4Toconfirmthatyouwanttodeletetheselectedrole,clickOK.Theroleisremovedfromthelistandisn

VMware, Inc. 275Chapter 17 Managing Users, Groups, Permissions, and RolesIfyouremoveusersfromtheVirtualCenterdomain,theylosepermissionstoa

Basic System Administration276 VMware, Inc.4Right‐clickinthePermissionstabandchooseAddPermission.5 ChoosearolefromtheAssignedRoledrop‐d

VMware, Inc. 277Chapter 17 Managing Users, Groups, Permissions, and Roles7ClicktheAddbuttontoopentheSelectUsersorGroupsdialogbox.See“A d

Basic System Administration278 VMware, Inc.10 Tofinishthetask,clickOK.Theserveraddsthepermissiontothelistofpermissionsfortheobject.T

VMware, Inc. 279Chapter 17 Managing Users, Groups, Permissions, and RolesTodeactivatethevalidationfunctions,deselectthecheckbox.4ClickOK.Cha

Basic System Administration28 VMware, Inc. Events–AlistofalltheeventsthatoccurintheVirtualCenterenvironment.UsetheNavigationoptiont

Basic System Administration280 VMware, Inc.Removing Access PermissionsRemovingapermissionforauserorgroupdoesnotremovetheuserorgroupfrom

VMware, Inc. 28118Thischapterdescribeshowtosetupperformancestatisticsforhosts,clusters,resourcepools,andvirtualmachines.Italsoprov

Basic System Administration282 VMware, Inc.About Collection Intervals and Collection LevelsBydefault,VirtualCenterhasfourcollectionintervals:Da

VMware, Inc. 283Chapter 18 Setting Up and Monitoring Performance Statistics and Resource Mapscollectioninterval,withlev el4havingthelargestnum

Basic System Administration284 VMware, Inc.Collection Level ScenariosFormostpurposes,settingthecollectionlevelto1or2isadequateforallcol

VMware, Inc. 285Chapter 18 Setting Up and Monitoring Performance Statistics and Resource MapsUsing Collection Levels Effectively Toretrievemoredet

Basic System Administration286 VMware, Inc.Figure 18-2. Default Rollup of Statistics DataYoucontrolhowlongstatisticaldataisstoredinthedatab

VMware, Inc. 287Chapter 18 Setting Up and Monitoring Performance Statistics and Resource MapsConfiguring Statistics Collection IntervalsBydefault,al

Basic System Administration288 VMware, Inc.3Ifnecessary,selectthecollectionintervalcheckboxtoenableordisableit.4 Selecttherowcontainin

VMware, Inc. 289Chapter 18 Setting Up and Monitoring Performance Statistics and Resource Maps3 (Optional)Validatethechangebyusingthedatabasees

VMware, Inc. 29Chapter 1 VMware Infrastructure ComponentsIndividualpermissionsareassignedthroughtheVIClientbypairingauserandaroleandas

Basic System Administration290 VMware, Inc.Viewing ChartsSeveralchartviewsarepreconfiguredforyou.Achartviewisacollectionofsettingsthat

VMware, Inc. 291Chapter 18 Setting Up and Monitoring Performance Statistics and Resource Maps Network–Showstheaggregatednetworkperformancestat

Basic System Administration292 VMware, Inc.To customize charts1InthePerformancetab,clickChangeChartOptions.TheCustomizePerformanceChartdia

VMware, Inc. 293Chapter 18 Setting Up and Monitoring Performance Statistics and Resource MapsTo save your settings as a new chart view1IntheCustomiz

Basic System Administration294 VMware, Inc.About VMotion Resource MapsVMotionResourcemaps,likeothermaps,provideavisualrepresentationofther

VMware, Inc. 295Chapter 18 Setting Up and Monitoring Performance Statistics and Resource MapsViewing MapsGlobalmaps–mapswhereallVirtualCenterob

Basic System Administration296 VMware, Inc.Printing MapsYoucanprintmapsbyselectingFile>PrintMaps>Print,orbyclickingthePrintbutto

VMware, Inc. 29719Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics: “ManagingTasks”onpage 297 “ManagingEvents”onpage 307 “ManagingAlarms”onpage

Basic System Administration298 VMware, Inc. “ManagingScheduledTasks”onpage 301 “ReschedulingaScheduledTask”onpage 304 “RemovingaSchedule

VMware, Inc. 299Chapter 19 Managing Tasks, Events, and AlarmsTasksarenottrackedorscheduledonyourESXServerhostunlesstheESXServerisregis

VMware, Inc. 3ContentsAboutThisBook 13GettingStarted1 VMwareInfrastructureComponents 19TwoApproachestoManagingVirtualMachines 20Components

Basic System Administration30 VMware, Inc.

Basic System Administration300 VMware, Inc.3Clickataskinthepanel.DetailedinformationappearsintheTaskDetailspane.To sort the list of task

VMware, Inc. 301Chapter 19 Managing Tasks, Events, and Alarms5Typeakeywordintothebox,andpressEnter.Thelistoftasksdisplaysonlythoseitem

Basic System Administration302 VMware, Inc. Customizeavirtualmachine(see“PreparingforGuestCustomization”onpage 216) Addahost(see“A d d

VMware, Inc. 303Chapter 19 Managing Tasks, Events, and AlarmsTable 19-1. Scheduled Task Frequency OptionsFrequency Procedure to SetOnce Torunthesc

Basic System Administration304 VMware, Inc.6Tocompletethewizard,clickFinish.VirtualCenteraddsthetasktothelistintheScheduledTaskstab.Re

VMware, Inc. 305Chapter 19 Managing Tasks, Events, and AlarmsRemoving a Scheduled TaskRemovingascheduledtaskremovesallfutureoccurrencesofthe

Basic System Administration306 VMware, Inc. Deployingatemplate Creatingatemplatefromavirtualmachine CloningatemplateTo cancel a task that

VMware, Inc. 307Chapter 19 Managing Tasks, Events, and AlarmsVirtualCenterstopsprogressonthetask,returnstheobjectstotheirpreviousstates,a

Basic System Administration308 VMware, Inc.Viewing All Event MessagesTheEventstabisavailablewhenyouselectaresourcepool,host,orvirtualmac

VMware, Inc. 309Chapter 19 Managing Tasks, Events, and AlarmsViewing Selected Event MessagesEachobjectintheinventorypanelhasanEventstabinth

VMware, Inc. 312BasicSystemAdministrationdescribesthetasksyoumustcompletetoconfiguretheVMwareInfrastructureClient(VIClient)andvirtu

Basic System Administration310 VMware, Inc.Sorting and Filtering Event MessagesSortallitemsinthelistbyclickinginthecolumnlabelheading.At

VMware, Inc. 311Chapter 19 Managing Tasks, Events, and AlarmsEntriesinmultiplecolumnsthatmatchthesearchtermaredisplayed.Intheexample,the

Basic System Administration312 VMware, Inc.4 SelecttheTyperadiobuttontoindicatethetypeoferrorstoincludeintheexportedfile.Youcanspec

VMware, Inc. 313Chapter 19 Managing Tasks, Events, and AlarmsTheAlarmstabintheinventorypaneldisplaysthelistofalarmsfortheselectedobject

Basic System Administration314 VMware, Inc.Understanding AlarmsAlarmssendnotificationmessageswhenselectedeventsoccurtooronhostsorvirtual

VMware, Inc. 315Chapter 19 Managing Tasks, Events, and Alarms SendanotificationtrapTheVirtualCenterServeristhedefaultSNMPnotificationrecei

Basic System Administration316 VMware, Inc.3Foremailmessagenotification,settheSMTPserverandSMTPport:(SEEUPDATE) SMTPServer–TheDNSnam

VMware, Inc. 317Chapter 19 Managing Tasks, Events, and Alarms Receiverport–Theportnumberofthereceiver.Iftheportvalueisempty,VirtualCent

Basic System Administration318 VMware, Inc.4IntheGeneraltab,specifyanameforthealarm,theobjecttobemonitored(hostorvirtualmachine),th

VMware, Inc. 319Chapter 19 Managing Tasks, Events, and Alarms Warning(Yellow)stateorpercentageandAlert(Red)stateorpercentagePercentageopti

Basic System Administration32 VMware, Inc.Getting StartedTheintroductorydiscussionspanssevenchaptersanddescribesthesystemcomponents,system

Basic System Administration320 VMware, Inc.8Specifythereportingfrequencywhenthealarmistriggered.EnteravalueforToleranceandoneforFrequ

VMware, Inc. 321Chapter 19 Managing Tasks, Events, and Alarms11 Choosetheactiontobetakenwhentheeventistriggeredandspecifytheassociatedi

Basic System Administration322 VMware, Inc.{oldStatus} — alarm status before it is triggered{newStatus} — alarm status after it is triggered{target} —

VMware, Inc. 323Chapter 19 Managing Tasks, Events, and Alarms2Ifthealarmyouwanttochangeisnotdefinedatthecurrentlocation,clickthelinked

Basic System Administration324 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 325Appendixes

Basic System Administration326 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 327AThefollowingtableslistthedefaultprivilegesthat,whenselectedforarole,canbepairedwithauserandassignedtoanobject

Basic System Administration328 VMware, Inc. “Network”onpage 337 “Performance”onpage 338 “Permissions”onpage 339 “Resource”onpage 339 “Sch

VMware, Inc. 329Appendix A Defined PrivilegesDatacenterDatastoreTable A-2. Datacenter PrivilegesPrivilege Name Description AffectsPair with ObjectEff

VMware, Inc. 33Chapter 2 Using this DocumentVirtual Machine ManagementThevirtualmachinemanagementdiscussionconsistsofsevenchaptersthatprovid

Basic System Administration330 VMware, Inc.ExtensionsFoldersFileManagementCarriesoutfileoperationsinthedatastorebrowser.HCandVC Datastores D

VMware, Inc. 331Appendix A Defined PrivilegesGlobalMoveFolder Movesafolder.Privilegemustbepresentatboththesourceanddestination.Userinterf

Basic System Administration332 VMware, Inc.EnableMethodsAllowsserversforVirtualCenterextensionstoenablecertainoperationsonobjectsmanagedb

VMware, Inc. 333Appendix A Defined PrivilegesHost CIMHost ConfigurationSettings ReadsandmodifiesruntimeVCconfigurationsettings.Userinterfaceel

Basic System Administration334 VMware, Inc.ChangeSNMPSettingsEdits,restarts,andstopsSNMPagent.NouserVIClientinterfaceelementsareassociat

VMware, Inc. 335Appendix A Defined PrivilegesHost InventorySystemManagementAllowsextensionstomanipulatethefilesystemonthehost.NouserVICl

Basic System Administration336 VMware, Inc.CreateCluster Createsanewcluster.Userinterfaceelement–Toolbarbutton,inventorypop‐upmenu,Invent

VMware, Inc. 337Appendix A Defined PrivilegesHost Local OperationsNetworkTable A-10. Host Local Operations PrivilegesPrivilege Name Description Affec

Basic System Administration338 VMware, Inc.PerformanceTable A-12. Alarm Management PrivilegesPrivilege Name Description AffectsPair with ObjectEffect

VMware, Inc. 339Appendix A Defined PrivilegesPermissionsResourceTable A-13. Permissions PrivilegesPrivilege Name Description UsedPair with ObjectEffe

Basic System Administration34 VMware, Inc.AppendixesBasicSystemAdministrationprovidesthesefourappendixeswithspecializedinformationyoumight

Basic System Administration340 VMware, Inc.Migrate Migratesavirtualmachineʹsexecutiontoaspecificresourcepoolorhost.Userinterfaceelement

VMware, Inc. 341Appendix A Defined PrivilegesScheduled TaskSessionsTable A-15. Scheduled Task PrivilegesPrivilege Name Description AffectsPair with O

Basic System Administration342 VMware, Inc.TasksVirtual Machine ConfigurationValidateSessionVerifiessessionvalidity. VConly Rootfolder Rootfolde

VMware, Inc. 343Appendix A Defined PrivilegesAdvanced ChangesvaluesinextraConfig.Userinterfaceelement–VirtualMachinePropertiesdialogbox&g

Basic System Administration344 VMware, Inc.RemoveDisk Removesavirtualdiskdevice.Userinterfaceelement–VirtualMachinePropertiesdialogbox&g

VMware, Inc. 345Appendix A Defined PrivilegesVirtual Machine InteractionTable A-19. Virtual Machine InteractionPrivilege Name Description AffectsPair

Basic System Administration346 VMware, Inc.Virtual Machine InventoryReset Resetsvirtualmachineandrebootstheguestoperatingsystem.Userinterface

VMware, Inc. 347Appendix A Defined PrivilegesVirtual Machine ProvisioningTable A-21. Virtual Machine Provisioning PrivilegesPrivilege Name Descriptio

Basic System Administration348 VMware, Inc.Virtual Machine StateDeployTemplate Createsanewvirtualmachinefromatemplate.Userinterfaceelement–

VMware, Inc. 349Appendix A Defined PrivilegesRenameSnapshotRenamesthissnapshotwitheitheranewnameoranewdescriptionorboth.NouserVIClien

VMware, Inc. 353ThischapterincludesinformationonhowtostartandstopeachoneofthemajorVMwareInfrastructurecomponents,ESXServerandVir

Basic System Administration350 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 351BIfyouplantocustomizeaWindowsguestoperatingsystem,youmustfirstinstalltheMicrosoftSyspreptoolsonyourVirtualCenter

Basic System Administration352 VMware, Inc.To install the Microsoft Sysprep tools from a Microsoft Web site download1 DownloadtheSyspreppackagefro

VMware, Inc. 353Appendix B Installing the Microsoft Sysprep ToolsTo install the Microsoft Sysprep tools from the Windows operating system CD1Insertth

Basic System Administration354 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 355CThisappendixliststhemetrics,orcounters,availablefordisplayinperformancecharts.Theavailabilityofsomecountersdepends

Basic System Administration356 VMware, Inc.Tablesareorganizedbyresourceandinventoryobjectandcontainthefollowinginformation: Counter—Lis

VMware, Inc. 357Appendix C Performance Chart MetricsVirtual MachineTable C-1. CPU Performance Metrics for Virtual MachinesCounterAvailable in Collect

Basic System Administration358 VMware, Inc.HostResource PoolTable C-2. CPU Performance Metrics for HostsCounterAvailable in Collection Level VC/ESX D

VMware, Inc. 359Appendix C Performance Chart MetricsClusterDiskThetableinthissectionlistsmetricsformeasuringdiskperformance.Allmeasurement

Basic System Administration36 VMware, Inc.To reboot or shut down your ESX Server (SEEUPDATE)1StartaVMwareInfrastructureClientandconnecteither

Basic System Administration360 VMware, Inc.MemoryThetablesinthissectionlistmetricsformeasuringmemoryperformance.Memoryperformancechartsa

VMware, Inc. 361Appendix C Performance Chart MetricsMemorySwapIn4 Yes/Yes Calculatesaveragemaximumamountofmemoryswappedin.Rollup:MaximumSta

Basic System Administration362 VMware, Inc.HostMemoryGranted2(4) Yes/Yes Calculatesamountofmemorygranted.Rollup:AverageStatsType:AbsoluteMemo

VMware, Inc. 363Appendix C Performance Chart MetricsMemoryConsumed2(4) Yes/Yes Calculatesamountofhostmemoryconsumedbythevirtualmachineforg

Basic System Administration364 VMware, Inc.Resource PoolMemoryOverhead2(4) Yes/Yes Calculatesamountofadditionalhostmemoryallocatedtothevirtu

VMware, Inc. 365Appendix C Performance Chart MetricsMemoryZero 2(4) Yes/Yes Calculatesamountofzeropagememory.Rollup:AverageStatsType:Absolut

Basic System Administration366 VMware, Inc.ClusterTable C-9. Memory Performance Metrics for ClustersCounterAvailable in Collection Level VC/ESX Descr

VMware, Inc. 367Appendix C Performance Chart MetricsCluster ServicesThetableinthissectionlistsmetricsformeasuringtheperformanceofclusters

Basic System Administration368 VMware, Inc.ClusterNetworkThetableinthissectionlistsmetricsformeasuringnetworkperformance.Networkperformanc

VMware, Inc. 369Appendix C Performance Chart MetricsNetworkUsage(Average)1(4) Yes/Yes AggregatednetworkperformancestatisticsinKBps.Rollup:Ave

VMware, Inc. 37Chapter 3 Starting and Stopping the VMware Infrastructure ComponentsThefollowingsectionsdiscussstartingandstoppingelementsrelat

Basic System Administration370 VMware, Inc.SystemThetableinthissectionlistsmetricsformeasuringsystemperformance.Systemperformancechartsa

VMware, Inc. 371VMware, Inc. 371IndexSymbols176, 281Aaccessinventory objects 262permissions 274privileges 327rules 262to VirtualCenter through Web 7

Basic System Administration372 VMware, Inc.license server 23VirtualCenter agent 23VirtualCenter database 22VirtualCenter Server 21VMware Infrastructur

VMware, Inc. 373Indexevents 28about 307alarms 312export 104, 311navigation bar 54tab 54exportappliances 139events 104virtual machines 141extensionspri

Basic System Administration374 VMware, Inc.license server 23diagram 21VirtualCenter settings 74Linuxguest, customize 215guest, install VMware Tools on

VMware, Inc. 375Indexprivileges 338statistics collection 281tab 54permissions 262, 267access 274privileges 339settings 263tab 54plugins 22manage 67por

Basic System Administration376 VMware, Inc.SSAN LUN 200mapping 153schedulepower states 174scheduled tasks 298about 27cancel 305clone virtual machine 2

VMware, Inc. 377IndexSummary tab 54suspend 170virtual machines 173swapfile 81, 187syslog 103sysprep 351TtabsAdmin 54Getting Started 56Inventory 54Summ

Basic System Administration378 VMware, Inc.virtual machinesacceleration 188add existing 175advanced settings 188boot settings 189clone 210configuratio

VMware, Inc. 379Indexconfiguration 74custom attributes 61database 22, 76diagram 21events 307hosts, add 119hosts, remove 125inventory 27objects 63plugi

Basic System Administration38 VMware, Inc.2Right‐clickVMwareInfrastructureServer,chooseStart,andwaitforstartuptocomplete.3ClosethePropert

Basic System Administration380 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. Update–1Updates for the Basic Administration GuideLastUpdated:May14,2010ThisdocumentprovidesupdatestotheESXServer3.5andESX

Updates for the Basic Administration GuideUpdate–2 VMware, Inc.  UpdatesforthePreparingEmailMessageSMTPAlarmNotificationProcedureonPage 3

VMware, Inc. Update–3Updates for the Basic Administration Guide Table 5‐1liststheMIBfilesprovidedbyVMwareanddescribestheinformationthate

Updates for the Basic Administration GuideUpdate–4 VMware, Inc. To configure an ESX host for SNMP Traps 1Loginasroottotheserviceconsoleofth

VMware, Inc. Update–5Updates for the Basic Administration Guide Updates to the Adding a Host Section on Page 119ThenoteintheAddingaHostsection

Updates for the Basic Administration GuideUpdate–6 VMware, Inc. Updates to the Linux Requirements for Guest Customization Section on Page 218TheLinu

VMware, Inc. Update–7Updates for the Basic Administration Guide Updates to the To assign a user or group permission Procedure on Page 275InStep 2,t

Updates for the Basic Administration GuideUpdate–8 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 39Chapter 3 Starting and Stopping the VMware Infrastructure ComponentsTo start a VI Client session1LogintoyourWindowssystem.2Thefir

Basic System Administration4 VMware, Inc.UsingDHCPfortheServiceConsole 41ConnectingtotheServiceConsole 42UsingCommandsontheServiceConsol

Basic System Administration40 VMware, Inc.VI Web AccessVI WebAccessistheWebinterfacethroughwhichyoucanmanageyourvirtualmachines.VI WebA

VMware, Inc. 41Chapter 3 Starting and Stopping the VMware Infrastructure Components3Typeyourusernameandpassword,andclickLogIn.TheVI WebAcc

Basic System Administration42 VMware, Inc.IfyourDNSservercannotmapthehost’snametoitsDHCP‐generatedIPaddress,youmustdeterminetheservi

VMware, Inc. 43Chapter 3 Starting and Stopping the VMware Infrastructure ComponentsTo view the man page for a particular commandAttheserviceconsole

Basic System Administration44 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 454‐ThischapterdescribesthespecificlayoutandnavigationoftheVIClient.Italsocontainsinformationforconfiguringadminoptio

Basic System Administration46 VMware, Inc.Figure 4-1. VMware Infrastructure Client Layout TheVIClientareasarecoveredinthefollowingsections:

VMware, Inc. 47Chapter 4 Using the VI ClientMenu BarThemenubarprovidesaccesstoallcommandsandoperatesinamannerconsistentwithotherWindow

Basic System Administration48 VMware, Inc. ViewMenu–Controlswhichpanelsarevisible.Thisprovidesamenuitemforselectingoneofthenavigati

VMware, Inc. 49Chapter 4 Using the VI Client AdministrationMenu–DisplaysconfigurationoptionsthatapplyacrosstheVMwareInfrastructureenviron

VMware, Inc. 5ContentsVMWARE‐ROOT‐MIB 84VMWARE‐ENV‐MIB 84VMWARE‐PRODUCTS‐MIB 85VMWARE‐RESOURCES‐MIB 86VMWARE‐TC‐MIB 89VMWARE‐TRAPS‐MIB 90VMWARE‐VMINFO

Basic System Administration50 VMware, Inc. HelpMenu–Displaystheonlinehelpoptions,linkstotheVMwareWebsite,andproductversioninformatio

VMware, Inc. 51Chapter 4 Using the VI ClientThepop‐outvirtualmachineConsolehasthefollowingmenuitems.TheembeddedConsolehassimilarmenuit

Basic System Administration52 VMware, Inc.To view the Inventory button optionsClickthearrowontheInventorynavigationbarbuttontoseetheinvent

VMware, Inc. 53Chapter 4 Using the VI Client ScheduledTasksbutton–Alistofactivitiesandameanstoschedulethoseactivities.Thisisavailabl

Basic System Administration54 VMware, Inc.Whenanobjectisremovedfromtheinventory,itslogandeventhistoryremainsuntilpurgedthroughtheagi

VMware, Inc. 55Chapter 4 Using the VI ClientDatacenters VirtualCenter inventorypaneltabListsthedatacentersorganizedundertheselectedfolder.D

Basic System Administration56 VMware, Inc.Getting Started TabsGettingStartedtabsareavailableforeachtypeofinventoryobject.Theyprovideades

VMware, Inc. 57Chapter 4 Using the VI ClientTodisableGettingStartedtabs: ClicktheCloseTablinktodisableGettingStartedtabsforthetypeof

Basic System Administration58 VMware, Inc.To change the look of the toolbarRight‐clickthetoolbarandchoosetheappropriateoption.Status Bar, Recen

VMware, Inc. 59Chapter 4 Using the VI ClientTo hide or view recent tasks or triggered alarmsClicktheTasksorAlarmsiconsinthestatusbar.Panel Se

Basic System Administration6 VMware, Inc.AddingaHost 119ConnectingorDisconnectingaHost 122RemovingaHostfromaCluster 124RemovingaHostfrom

Basic System Administration60 VMware, Inc.YourchoicesforthepanelsarepersistentacrossVIClientsessions.IfyourunmultipleVIClientsessions

VMware, Inc. 61Chapter 4 Using the VI Clientanyofthesevirtualmachineschangestosomethingelse,theyareremovedfromthelist.Newvirtualmachi

Basic System Administration62 VMware, Inc.To add a custom attribute1 ChooseAdministration>CustomAttributes.Thisoptionisnotavailablewhenco

VMware, Inc. 63Chapter 4 Using the VI ClientTo edit custom attributes and annotations for a virtual machine or host 1 Selectthevirtualmachineorho

Basic System Administration64 VMware, Inc.Selecting ObjectsVirtualCenterobjectsaredatacenters,networks,datastores,resourcepools,clusters,host

VMware, Inc. 65Chapter 4 Using the VI ClientTo change the name of an object SelectanitemandpressF2orclickthetextoftheselecteditem.Typet

Basic System Administration66 VMware, Inc.TherearethreemethodsfortakingactionsuponobjectsinVirtualCenter: Selectingtheactionfromthemen

VMware, Inc. 67Chapter 4 Using the VI ClientManaging VirtualCenter ModulesAftertheservercomponentofamoduleisinstalledandregisteredwiththe

Basic System Administration68 VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. 695Thischapterincludesbasicsystemconfigurationinformation,suchashowtoaccessandconfigurelogfiles,configurefirewalls,and

VMware, Inc. 7ContentsCustomVMwareToolsInstallation 165WYSEMultimediaSupport 166InstallingWYSEMultimediaSupportwithVMwareTools 166Installin

Basic System Administration70 VMware, Inc.TheESXServer3ConfigurationGuidedescribesthetasksyoumustcompletetoconfigureESXServer3hostne

VMware, Inc. 71Chapter 5 System Configuration StorageAdapters–Displaysstorageadapterconfiguration,suchasdevicetype,SANidentification,LUN

Basic System Administration72 VMware, Inc. SystemResourceAllocation–Displaysthehost’sresourceallocationsettings.ThisincludesmemoryandCP

VMware, Inc. 73Chapter 5 System Configuration ManagingStorage–Explainshowtomanageexistingdatastoresandthefilesystemsthatcomprisedatast

Basic System Administration74 VMware, Inc.Viewing ESX Server Command Information TheESXServer3ConfigurationGuideandESXServer3iConfiguration

VMware, Inc. 75Chapter 5 System ConfigurationSpecifiesthelevelofdetailforperformancestatisticscollection.Legalvaluesareminimal,typical,a

Basic System Administration76 VMware, Inc. WebService–SpecifytheHTTPandHTTPSportsfortheWebServicetouse.Youcanalsospecifywhetheryo

VMware, Inc. 77Chapter 5 System ConfigurationIfafirewallispreventingtheVIClientfromconnectingtotheVirtualCenterServer,youhavethreeopt

Basic System Administration78 VMware, Inc.4EntertheportnumberyourVIClientisusingtocommunicatewiththeVirtualCenterServer.ClicktheFinis

VMware, Inc. 79Chapter 5 System Configuration7(SEEUPDATE)Setthedlldirectory.aIfneeded,createthedirectory:C:\inetpub\wwwroot\vpx\bSettheper

Basic System Administration8 VMware, Inc.CloningVirtualMachines 210CreatingaScheduledTasktoCloneaVirtualMachine 21214 CustomizingGuestOper

Basic System Administration80 VMware, Inc.To view the virtual machines on a hostSelectahost.ClicktheVirtualMachinestab.Thisisalistofallth

VMware, Inc. 81Chapter 5 System Configuration Advanced–Optionsunderthisheadingcontroladvancedvirtualmachineoptionsasfollows: General–C

Basic System Administration82 VMware, Inc.To view the users that are currently logged on to a VirtualCenter ServerFromtheVIClientconnectedtoaVi

VMware, Inc. 83Chapter 5 System ConfigurationAbout SNMP and VMware InfrastructureSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)allowsmanagementprograms

Basic System Administration84 VMware, Inc.VMWARE-ROOT-MIBTheVMWARE-ROOT-MIB.mibfiledefinesVMware’senterpriseOIDandtoplevelOIDassignments.T

VMware, Inc. 85Chapter 5 System ConfigurationVMWARE-ENV-MIB.mibdefinesasingletrap,vmwEnvHardwareEvent,whichissentwhenanESXServer3ihosth

Basic System Administration86 VMware, Inc.VMWARE-RESOURCES-MIBTheVMWARE-RESOURCES-MIB.mibfiledefinesvariablesusedtoreportinformationonresour

VMware, Inc. 87Chapter 5 System ConfigurationmemCOS vmwMemory 2 Amountofphysicalmemoryusedbytheserviceconsole(inKB).Thisvariabledoesnot

Basic System Administration88 VMware, Inc.numWrites hbaEntry 7 Numberofwritestothisdisksincethediskmodulewasloaded.kbWritten hbaEntry 8 Num

VMware, Inc. 89Chapter 5 System ConfigurationVMWARE-TC-MIBThe VMWARE-TC-MIB.mibfileprovidescommontextualconventionsusedbyVMwareMIBfiles.VMW

VMware, Inc. 9ContentsTakingaSnapshot 251ChangingDiskModetoExcludeVirtualDisksfromSnapshots 252UsingtheSnapshotManager 253RestoringaSna

Basic System Administration90 VMware, Inc.VMWARE-TRAPS-MIBVMWARE-TRAPS-MIB.mibdefinestrapsusedbyESXServerandVirtualCenter.Allnotificationsd

VMware, Inc. 91Chapter 5 System ConfigurationVMWARE-VMINFO-MIBTheVMWARE-VMINFO-MIB.mibfiledefinesvariablesforreportingvirtualmachineinformati

Basic System Administration92 VMware, Inc.hbaVmIdx hbaEntry 1 Anumbercorrespondingtothevirtualmachine’sindexinthevmTable.hbaIdx hbaEntry 2

VMware, Inc. 93Chapter 5 System ConfigurationVMWARE-VMKERNEL-MIBTheVMWARE-VMKERNEL-MIB.mibfiledefinesvariablesusedtoreporttheVMkernelstate.

Basic System Administration94 VMware, Inc. ConfiguretheSNMPsettingsonVirtualCenterServer. Configureyourmanagementsoftwaretoaccepttrapsf

VMware, Inc. 95Chapter 5 System ConfigurationUsing SNMP with ESX Server 3ESXServer3shipswithtwoSNMPagents.ThefirstisanSNMPagentbasedon

Basic System Administration96 VMware, Inc.To start the ESX Server 3 SNMP agent automaticallyYoucansettheSNMPdaemontostartwheneverESXServer3

VMware, Inc. 97Chapter 5 System Configuration4Addthefollowingline,replacingpublicwithacommunitynameofyourchoice:trapcommunity public.Onl

Basic System Administration98 VMware, Inc.Configuring SNMP Management Client SoftwareTouseyourSNMPmanagementsoftwarewiththeESXServer3orESX

VMware, Inc. 99Chapter 5 System ConfigurationUsing SNMP with Guest Operating SystemsTouseSNMPtomonitorguestoperatingsystemsorapplicationsrun