- Page 1 and 2: vSphere Virtual Machine Administrat
- Page 3 and 4: Contents About vSphere Virtual Mach
- Page 5 and 6: Add a Shared Smart Card Reader to V
- Page 7 and 8: About vSphere Virtual Machine Admin
- Page 9 and 10: Introduction to VMware vSphere 1 Vi
- Page 11 and 12: Virtual Machine Lifecycle You creat
- Page 13 and 14: Table 1-2. Virtual Machine Hardware
- Page 15: vSphere Client and vSphere Web Clie
- Page 19 and 20: Deploying Virtual Machines in the 3
- Page 21 and 22: Start the New Virtual Machine Creat
- Page 23 and 24: 3 If you selected Other as the gues
- Page 25 and 26: n Datastore.Low level file operatio
- Page 27 and 28: Procedure u Select to deploy a virt
- Page 29 and 30: 3 Select a datastore location for t
- Page 31 and 32: n Virtual machine.Provisioning.Cust
- Page 33 and 34: Select the Virtual Machine Name and
- Page 35 and 36: Procedure 1 Apply a customization s
- Page 37 and 38: Procedure u Select an option to clo
- Page 39 and 40: Clone a Template to a Template in t
- Page 41 and 42: 2 Click Next. Select a Datastore fo
- Page 43 and 44: Procedure u Select how to convert a
- Page 45 and 46: Create a vCenter Server Application
- Page 47 and 48: 4 Provide licensing information for
- Page 49 and 50: Option Action Enter a name in the C
- Page 51 and 52: 7 Select the time zone for the virt
- Page 53 and 54: 10 Select the type of network setti
- Page 55 and 56: Remove a Customization Specificatio
- Page 57 and 58: Deploying Virtual Machines in the 4
- Page 59 and 60: Procedure 1 On the Configuration pa
- Page 61 and 62: Procedure 1 Select a virtual machin
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- Page 65 and 66: 2 Select the format for the virtual
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2 From the list of SAN disks or LUN
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n To customize the guest operating
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Option Action Show all storage reco
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Option Action Thick Provision Eager
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Procedure 1 Right-click the templat
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Change Template Software or Virtual
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2 Select the host or cluster on whi
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Customize Windows During Cloning or
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When the new virtual machine starts
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Procedure 1 From the vSphere Client
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7 Provide licensing information for
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Duplicate SIDs do not cause problem
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Deploying OVF Templates 5 The VMwar
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11 Select a datastore to store the
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Select OVF Name and Location Specif
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Procedure 1 Select a binding servic
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Example: Folder Locations for OVF a
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Installing the Microsoft Sysprep To
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7 Repeat this procedure to extract
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Configuring Virtual Machine Hardwar
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Set the Default Compatibility for V
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Table 7-2. Supported Features for V
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Virtual CPU Limitations The maximum
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3 Select the number of cores per so
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2 On the Virtual Hardware tab, expa
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Change CPU/MMU Virtualization Setti
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3 Click OK. Change Memory Hot Add S
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2 On the Virtual Hardware tab, expa
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Physical Serial Port Conditions Whe
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Authentication Parameters for Virtu
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2 On the Virtual Hardware tab, sele
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4 Type a name for the file in the S
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Add a Hard Disk to a Virtual Machin
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6 Select the datastore location whe
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What to do next n (Optional) Change
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Procedure 1 Right-click the virtual
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Procedure 1 Right-click the virtual
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n Ensure that you are familiar with
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Configure a Client Device Type for
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2 On the Virtual Hardware tab, expa
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3 Expand New SCSI device to change
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Procedure 1 Right-click the virtual
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Configuring USB Devices for vMotion
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The USB arbitrator can monitor a ma
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Procedure 1 Right-click the virtual
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If the vSphere Client disconnects f
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Procedure 1 Right-click the virtual
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Remove USB Devices from a Client Co
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Configuring Virtual Machine Options
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Procedure 1 Right-click the virtual
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Prerequisites n Verify that the vir
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Procedure 1 Right-click the virtual
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Procedure 1 Right-click the virtual
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Configuring Virtual Machines in the
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Table 9-1. ESXi Hosts and Compatibl
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Prerequisites Power off the virtual
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Virtual CPU Limitations The maximum
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4 Select a value from the Number of
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Configure Processor Scheduling Affi
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Change the Memory Configuration in
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n Affinity settings are meaningful
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Network Adapters and Legacy Virtual
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connections to a virtual machine's
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Example: Establishing Serial Port N
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5 (Optional) Select or deselect the
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If the thin disk needs more space l
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Shares is a value that represents t
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Apply Virtual Machine Storage Profi
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Change the SCSI Controller Type in
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When you add a CD/DVD-ROM drive tha
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Add a Floppy Drive to a Virtual Mac
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4 Click OK to save your changes. Vi
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USB Configuration from an ESXi Host
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n When you migrate a virtual machin
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What to do next You can now add the
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When you reopen the Properties edit
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n You can connect only one USB 3.0
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Table 9-7. USB Controller Support C
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4 Select the device to remove from
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n vmxnet 3 Prerequisites You must p
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Prerequisites Required Privilege: V
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Managing Multi-Tiered Applications
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Option Description Reservation Type
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3 Allocate memory resources for thi
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vApp Setting Description Product UR
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Map Network for Cloned vApp in the
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Select Name and Network in the vSph
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4 Click OK. Access Custom vApp Prop
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n Application URL—the application
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Managing Multi-Tiered Applications
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Allocate vApp Resources Determine h
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2 Click Resources in the Options li
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4 Select a provider for the depende
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5 (Optional) Select the Enable IP P
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6 Select a datastore and click Next
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Monitoring Solutions with the vCent
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Monitoring Agents The vCenter Solut
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Managing Virtual Machines 13 You ca
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Edit Virtual Machine Startup and Sh
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4 Click anywhere inside the console
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Return a Virtual Machine or Templat
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10 To verify that the template is r
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A delta disk has two files, includi
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Details Shows the snapshot name and
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Take a Snapshot in the vSphere Web
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Restoring Snapshots To return a vir
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The virtual machine power and data
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Prerequisites n Ensure that you are
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Procedure 1 Display the Need Consol
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Required Privileges for Common 14 T
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Table 14-1. Required Privileges for
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Index A acceleration disabling 168,
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hosts clustering 59 connecting virt
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avoiding use as virtual machine bac
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adding USB devices 159, 222 CPU adv