Configuration

Cheat Sheet for

the New vSphere
Web Client

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Configuration Cheat Sheet for the

New vSphere Web Client
Bill Ferguson, VCI3, 4, 5, MCT, MCSE, MCP+I, CCSI, CCNA, A+, Network+,
Server+, Security+

Introduction
If you have been working with vSphere 5.1 or 5.5 lately, you have undoubtedly noticed that the latest features
such as XvMotion and vSphere Replication are only available on the Web Client. However, since VMware still
offers the more familiar Windows based client, you may not have fully embraced the new Web Client as of yet.
This may have been made worse by your first experience with the 5.1 version of the Web Client, which was
slower than it should have been.
The new 5.5 version of the Web Client is actually much snappier, but I could certainly understand your tendency
to avoid using a tool that is unfamiliar to you. It is frustrating to waste time looking for something in one
software tool when you know exactly where to locate it in another one. Still, you know that you may as well start
using the Web Client because the Windows-based version will end at some point in the not-too-distant future.
With that in mind, Ive created this cheat sheet for configuration in the new Web Client. This is not meant to be
all inclusive, as Im not even sure thats possible, but instead I have focused on the most common configuration
issues that a vSphere administrator encounters on a daily basis. These include configuration of VMs, networking,
storage, resource settings, cluster settings, permissions, and many other settings.
This cheat sheet is meant to be a guide that you can refer to as you bravely begin to use the new Web Client. It
will also assist you in performing the tasks that are not possible on the Windows-based client.
Every configuration challenge that I could think of is listed alphabetically and includes at least one set of steps for
the solution (some can be done in two or more ways). Now, Im sure that I have missed just as many as Ive
found; in fact, that is where I could use your help. If you would like to add to this cheat sheet, simply send me an
email ([email protected]) with your additions and I will make sure they are included. Lets have
some fun with this and keep adding to the list!

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Directions

Adding a new device to a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "Virtual Hardware" tab click the drop down next to "New device" at
the bottom of the dialog box, select your new device from the drop down
list, click "Add"

Activating the software iSCSI

initiator on a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host on which you want to
activate the Software iSCSI initiator, click on the "Manage" tab and then on
the "Storage" tab, ensure that "Storage Adapters" is chosen in the blue
area, click on the first icon that looks like a "+" sign and is the "Add new
storage adapter", click "OK"

Adding a host to a vSphere

distributed switch

From "Networking" view, right-click on the VDS on which you want to add
a host, click "Add and Manage Hosts", select "Add hosts" and click "Next",
select from the list of visible hosts, follow the wizard to establish virtual
and physical connections

Adding a host to an existing NFS

datastore

From "Datastore and Datastore Clusters" view, right-click on the datastore

on which you want to add a host, select "All vCenter Actions", click "Mount
Datastore to Additional Host", select the host that you want to add and
click "OK"

Adding a new license to a vCenter

and/or Host

From "Home", click on the "Licensing" icon in the "Administration" section

of the details pane, on the drop- down box next to "vCenter Server"
choose the vCenter server that you want to manage, click on either
"vCenter Server Systems" or "Hosts, click on "Assign License Key..."

Adding a virtual adapter to a

vSphere Distributed Switch

From "Networking" view, click on the switch on which you would like to
add the adapter, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the "Settings" tab,
in the blue area ensure that "Topology" is selected, click the second icon at
the top of the page with the pop-up that reads "Add hosts to this
distributed switch and add or migrate physical network adapters", select to
"Manage Host Networking" and click "Next", use the green "+" to show all
hosts that are visible to vCenter, select only the "Manage VMkernel
Adapters" check box, click the "New Adapter" link at the top of the page,
select the port group to which you want to add the adapter and follow
the wizard to configure the rest of the adapter properties

Adding Virtual Flash Resources to

a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host on which you want to
add Virtual Flash Resources, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the
"Settings" tab, in the blue area expand the "Virtual Flash" section and select
"Virtual Flash Resource Management", select from the SSD devices that are
automatically detected, if you have recently added new SSD drives, click
"Add Capacity to see the new information without restarting the host

Assigning a Tag to an inventory

object

Right-click on the object that you want to assign a tag and click "Assign
Tag", choose the appropriate tag from the list on the pop-up and/or
create more tags by clicking on the "New Tag icon" at the top left of the
pop-up, click "Assign"

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Directions

Assigning Storage Policies to a VM From "Hosts and Clusters" view, right-click the VM on which you want to
assign the Storage Policies, click "Edit Settings", in the blue area expand the
hard disk section, from the drop-down list next to "VM storage policy" and
select the VM storage policy that you want to assign, for each virtual disk
listed select the VM storage policy that you want associated with it, click
"OK" to save the changes and apply the policy
Attaching a Host Profile to a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "System" in the blue area, click
on "Host profile", click "Attach" in the details pane on the right, select the
host profile to attach

Cancelling a Work In Progress

Hover over the item in "Work In Progress", click on the "x" to the right of it

Changing the Display Name of a

VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "VM Options" tab locate "VM name" and type the new Display Name in
the box to the right

Changing the Guest OS and

Version on a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "VM Options" tab, click "General Options" in the blue area, locate
"Guest OS" and "Guest OS Version" drop downs and configure accordingly

Configuring 3D Graphics for a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "Virtual Hardware" tab click on "Video card" in the blue area, click on
"Enable 3D Support", click on drop next to "3D Renderer to specify your
settings

Configuring a Floppy Drive for a

VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "Virtual Hardware" tab click on the drop down next to the Floppy
Drive

Configuring a hard disk for a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "Virtual Hardware" tab configure the Hard Disk

Configuring a MAC Address for a

VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "Virtual Hardware" tab click on "Network Adapter" in the blue area,
click on the drop down next to MAC Address, click on "Manual", finish
MAC Address configuration

Configuring a Message of the Day

in vCenter

On "Hosts and Clusters" view, click your vCenter root object, click the
"Manage" tab and then the "Settings" tab, click on "Message of the Day" in
the blue area, click "Edit", type or paste your message

Configuring a VM as an Agent

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host that you want to
configure, click on the "Manage" tab, and then on the "Settings" tab,
expand "Virtual Machines" in the blue area, click on "Agent VM Settings",
click Edit in the details pane on the right

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Directions

Configuring a VM Port Group as a

VLAN

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host on which you want to
modify the port group configuration, click on the "Manage" tab and then
on the "Networking" tab, click "Virtual switches in the blue area, click on
the switch that contains the port group you want modify, click on the port
group as shown on the graphic of the switch below it, click on the "Edit"
icon that looks like a pencil, with "Properties" selected in the blue area type
the VLAN ID that you want to use in the VLAN ID box, click OK (The VLAN
ID should correspond to one used in your physical switch environment)

Configuring a VM to boot once to

the BIOS setup screen

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "VM Options" tab, click "Boot Options" in the blue area, locate "Force
BIOS setup", check the box next to "The next time the virtual machine
boots, force entry into the BIOS setup screen"

Configuring Administrator contact

information for a VDS

From "Networking" view, right-click on the switch on which you want to

configure Administrator contact information, in the blue area click on
"Advanced", configure the name and other details for an Administrator as
needed; for example a cellular phone number or email address can be
configured here

Configuring Advanced Settings in

vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on a vCenter in inventory pane on the
left, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the "Settings" tab, click on
"Advanced Settings" in the blue area, view your current settings, click "Edit"
at the top of the screen across from "Advanced vCenter Server Settings" to
modify any settings as needed

Configuring Advanced System

Settings for a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "System" in the blue area, click
on "Advanced System Settings", find your setting in alphabetical order on
the "Name" column on the right

Configuring Advanced vCenter

Server Settings

On "Hosts and Clusters" view, click your vCenter root object, click the
"Manage" tab and then the "Settings" tab, click on "Advanced Settings" in
the blue area, click "Edit", type or paste your message

Configuring an ESXi host as an

NTP client

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host that you want to
configure as an NTP client, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the
"Settings" tab, in the blue area expand "System" if necessary and select
"Time Configuration", choose the radio button for "Use Network Time
Protocol", enter the IP address of the NTP server in your network, click
"OK" to complete the configuration and start the services

Configuring authentication
services for a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "System" in the blue area, click
on "Authentication Services", click "Join Domain" in the details pane on the
right, or click "Import Certificate"

Configuring Boot Options for a

VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "VM Options" tab, click "Boot Options" in the blue area, configure your
options for firmware, boot delay, and so on.

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Directions

Configuring CDP for a vSphere

Distributed Switch

From "Networking" view, right-click on the switch on which you want to

enable CDP, in the blue area click on "Advanced", choose "Cisco Discovery
Protocol" for the type on the drop-down box under "Discovery protocol",
configure for Listen, Advertise, or both as needed

Configuring CPU Affinity for a VM

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, right-click on the powered-off VM on

which you want to configure CPU affinity and click "Edit Settings", in the
blue area expand "CPU", in the "Scheduling Affinity" section supply a list of
the CPU cores this VM is allowed to access, click "OK" to save the changes

Configuring Database settings for

vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on a vCenter in inventory pane on the
left, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the "Settings" tab, click on
"General" in the blue area, expand "Database" in the blue area to view
your current settings, click "Edit" and then click "Database" to configure
your database settings as needed

Configuring Default VM
Compatibility for a Host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "Virtual Machines" in the blue
area, click on "Default VM Compatibility", click Edit in the details pane on
the right

Configuring HA/DRS VM
Overrides on a cluster

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the cluster that contains the VM
that you want to configure, click the "Manage" tab and then the "Settings"
tab, in the blue area, click on "VM Overrides", on the right under "VM
Overrides", click "Add", click the "+" to add and view the VMs on the
cluster, click the VM (or VMs) on which you want to apply the override
and then click "OK", click on the appropriate drop-down(s) to set
"Automation level", "Restart priority", "Host isolation response", and "VM
Monitoring" for this VM or group of VMs

Configuring Host Image Profile

Acceptance Level for a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "System" in the blue area, click
on "Security Profile", click "Edit" in the details pane to the right of "Host
Image Profile Acceptance Level" and configure the settings as needed (you
will have to scroll down first)

Configuring LLDP for a vSphere

Distributed Switch

From "Networking" view, right-click on the switch on which you want to

enable LLDP, in the blue area click on "Advanced", choose "Link Layer
Discovery Protocol" for the type on the drop-down box under "Discovery
protocol", configure for Listen, Advertise, or both as needed

Configuring Lockdown Mode for a

host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "System" in the blue area, click
on "Security Profile", click "Edit" in the details pane to the right of
"Lockdown Mode" and configure the settings as needed (you will have to
scroll down first)

Configuring Mail for vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on a vCenter in inventory pane on the
left, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the "Settings" tab, click on
"General" in the blue area, expand "Mail" in the blue area to view your
current settings, click "Edit" and then click "Mail" to configure your Mail
server and/or Mail sender as needed

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Directions

Configuring memory for a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "Virtual Hardware" tab configure the Memory

Configuring MTU for a vSphere

Distributed Switch

From "Networking" view right-click on the switch on which you want to

configure MTU, in the blue area click on "Advanced", configure additional
MTU as needed; for example 9000 for jumbo frames

Configuring Netflow on a vSphere

Distributed Switch

From "Networking" view right-click on the VDS on which you want to

configure Netflow, select "All vCenter Actions" at the bottom of the list,
click "Edit Netflow", configure accordingly to connect to your Netflow
collector

Configuring network adapter

settings for a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "Virtual Hardware" tab click on the network adapter in the blue area

Configuring network adapter type

for a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "Virtual Hardware" tab click on the network adapter in the blue area,
click on drop down next to "Adapter Type"

Configuring NPIV for a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "VM Options" tab, click "Fibre Channel NPIV" in the blue area,
configure your NPIV settings to assign a WWN to the VM

Configuring number of VM CPUs

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "Virtual Hardware" tab click on the drop down next to CPU and select
the number of CPUs

Configuring Power Management

for a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "System" in the blue area, click
on "Power Management", click "Edit" in the details pane on the right, enter
the administrator credentials and baseboard management control
information for the host

Configuring SCSI Bus Sharing

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "Virtual Hardware" tab click on "SCSI Controller" to expand, click on
drop down next to "SCSI Bus Sharing"

Configuring SCSI controller type

for VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "Virtual Hardware" tab click on "SCSI Controller" to expand, click on
drop down next to "Change Type"

Configuring services for a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "System" in the blue area, click
on "Security Profile", click "Edit" in the details pane to the right of "Services"
and configure the services settings as needed (you may have to scroll
down first)

Configuring Single Sign-On Users

and Groups

From "Home", with valid credentials for Single Sign-On (ex.

[email protected]) click "Administration", under "Single Sign-On"
click "Users and Groups", click the "+" under "Domain:", configure
accordingly

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Configuration Task

Directions

Configuring SNMP for a vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on a vCenter in inventory pane on the
left, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the "Settings" tab, click on
"General" in the blue area, expand "SNMP" in the blue area to view your
current settings, click "Edit" and then click "SNMP" to configure your SNMP
settings as needed

Configuring Standby response for

a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "VM Options" tab, click "Power Management" in the blue area, locate
"Standby response", configure your option to suspend the VM or place the
guest OS in standby but leave the VM powered on

Configuring Storage DRS Rules for

a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "SDRS Rules" tab, click the "+" next to "Add" to create a rule (SDRS must
be enabled on the storage where the VMs files reside)

Configuring Storage I/O Setting

for a VM's disk

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, right-click on the VM on which you want
to configure the Storage I/O setting and click "Edit Settings", in the blue
area, expand the hard disk that you want to configure, in the area across
from "Shares", configure the shares for the VM's disk as desired for your
needs

Configuring Swap to Host Cache

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host on which you want to
configure Swap to Host Cache, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the
"Storage" tab, in the blue area, select "Host Cache Configuration", choose
from the list of automatically detected SSD drives on your host

Configuring System Resource

Allocation for a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "System" in the blue area, click
on "System Resource Allocation", click "Edit" in the details pane on the right
and configure CPU and Memory settings in the dialog box (you can also
choose "Advanced" to fine tune resources to specific host services)

Configuring the firewall for a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "System" in the blue area, click
on "Security Profile", click "Edit" in the details pane to the right of "Firewall"
and configure the firewall settings as needed

Configuring the Guest OS of a VM

to lock

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "VM Options" tab, click "VMware Remote Console Options" in the blue
area, locate "Guest OS lock", click the check box next to "Lock the guest
operating system when the last remote user disconnects"

Configuring the maximum number

of remote connections to a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "VM Options" tab, click "VMware Remote Console Options" in the blue
area, locate "Maximum number of sessions", click the check box if not
already checked, configure the number you desire in the box provided

Configuring the Network location

for a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "Virtual Hardware" tab click on the drop down next to the network
adapter

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Directions

Configuring the swap file location

for a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "VM Options" tab, click "Advanced" in the blue area, locate "Swap file
location", configure the option that you desire for the location of the swap
file

Configuring the swap file location

for all VMs in a cluster

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the cluster that you want to
configure, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the "Settings" tab, in the
blue area, expand "Configuration" and click on "General", on the right side
of the screen under "General" the current location of the swap file will be
indicated, click "Edit" to the right of the current location to change the
location of the swap file for all VMs on the cluster

Configuring the swap file location

for all VMs on a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "Virtual Machines" in the blue
area, click on "Swap file location", click "Edit" in the details pane on the
right

Configuring the system swap for a

host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "System" in the blue area, click
on "System Swap", click "Edit" in the details pane to the right of "System
Swap" and configure the settings as needed

Configuring the time on a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "System" in the blue area, click
on "Time Configuration", click "Edit" in the details pane on the right,
choose to set the time manually or configure using an NTP server

Configuring Traffic Shaping on a

Port Group

From "Hosts and Clusters" view click on the host on which you want to
configure Traffic Shaping, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the
"Networking" tab, click on "Virtual switches" in the blue area, click on the
switch that contains the port group on which you want to configure
Traffic Shaping, click on the specific port group in the picture below, that
click on the "Edit" icon that looks like a pencil above the picture, click on
"Traffic Shaping" in the blue area, click on the "Override" check box to
override the switch settings, change the "Status" to "Enabled", set as
needed

Configuring Traffic Shaping on a

vSwitch

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host on which you want to
configure Traffic Shaping, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the
"Networking" tab, click "Virtual switches" in the blue area, click on the
switch on which you want to configure Traffic Shaping, click on the "Edit"
icon that looks like a pencil, click on "Traffic Shaping" in the blue area,
change the "Status" to "Enabled", set as needed

Configuring vApp Options for a

VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "vApp Options" tab, check the box labeled "Enable vApp options"

Configuring Video Card settings

for a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "Virtual Hardware" tab click on "Video card" in the blue area, specify
your settings

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Directions

Configuring Virtual Flash Host

Swap Cache for a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "Virtual Flash" in the blue area,
click on "Virtual Flash Host Swap Cache Configuration", click "Edit" across
from "Virtual Host Swap Cache Configuration" at the top of the screen

Configuring Virtual Flash Resource

Management for a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "Virtual Flash" in the blue area,
click on "Virtual Flash Management", click "Add Capacity" and choose
between your SSD drives as needed

Configuring VM CD/DVD to Client

Device

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "Virtual Hardware" tab click on the drop down next to "CD/DVD drive"
and select "Client Device"

Configuring VM
Startup/Shutdown

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "Virtual Machines" in the blue
area, click on "VM Startup/Shutdown", click Edit in the details pane on the
right.

Configuring VMware Tools Scripts

for a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "VM Options" tab, click "VMware Tools" in the blue area, locate "Run
VMware Tools Scripts", click the appropriate check boxes for the OS
running on your VM

Configuring VMware Tools

settings for a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "VM Options" tab, click "VMware Tools" in the blue area, configure the
appropriate settings

Configuring VMware Tools

Upgrades for a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "VM Options" tab, click "VMware Tools" in the blue area, locate "Tools
Upgrades", click the check box next to "Check and upgrade VMware Tools
before each power on"

Configuring Wake On LAN for a

VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "VM Options" tab, click "Power Management" in the blue area, locate
"Wake on LAN", in the check boxes below "Wake on LAN for virtual
machine traffic on:" check the WOL compatible network adapter that you
want to use

Configuring SSL settings for a

vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on a vCenter in the inventory pane on
the left, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the "Settings" tab, click on
"General" in the blue area, expand "Database" in the blue area to view
your current settings, click "Edit", click "SSL settings" in the blue area, and
choose your SSL settings as needed

Creating a new datastore

From "Datastore and Datastore Clusters" view, right-click on the datacenter

or the folder in which you want to create the new datastore, select "All
vCenter Actions" at the bottom, select

Creating a new distributed switch

port group

From "Networking" view, right-click on the VDS for which you want to
create the port group, select "New Distributed Port Group", type a name
for the new port group and click "Next", configure the port group settings
such a port binding, number of ports, and VLAN as needed

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Configuration Task

Directions

Creating a new Resource Pool on

a DRS enabled cluster

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, right-click on the cluster on which you
want to create a new Resource Pool, click "New Resource Pool", type the
name of the new Resource Pool and configure the CPU and Memory as
needed

Creating a new Role in vCenter

From "Home", click "Administration", in the blue area, click "Roles", click the
"+" under the word "Roles" to the right, configure accordingly

Creating a new Tag for inventory

management

From "Home", select "Tags", click the "New Tag icon" to open the "New
Tag" pop-up, enter the name of your new tag and a description, select
"New Category to see all of the fields available, select the desired fields
and whether this should only allow a single tag or multiple tags per object,
click "OK" to save the new tag and category

Creating a new VMFS datastore

From "Datastore and Datastore Clusters" view, right-click on the datacenter

or the folder in which you want to create the new datastore, select "All
vCenter Actions" at the bottom, select "New Datastore", follow the wizard
to configure the location, type, and name of your datastore

Creating a new VMkernel port on

a vSwitch

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host on which you want to
create the VMkernel port, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the
"Networking" tab, click "Virtual adapters" in the blue area, click the "Add
Host Networking" icon that looks like a globe with a "+", choose to create
a "VMkernel Network Adapter" and follow the wizard to make your
choices

Creating a new vSphere

Distributed Switch

From the "Home Screen", click on "vCenter" at the top of the screen, click
on "Distributed Switches" in the list at the bottom, in the details pane (on
the right) click on the "Create a new distributed switch" icon below the
"Objects" tab, follow the wizard to name your new switch, select the type
of switch and add hosts to it

Creating a Port Group on a

vNetwork Standard Switch

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host on which you want to
create the port group, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the
"Networking" tab, click "Virtual switches" in the blue area, click on the
switch on which you want to add the port group, click on the "Add host
networking" icon that looks like a globe with a "+", select the last option
"Virtual Machine Port Group for a Standard Switch", follow the wizard to
select the switch options, and name the port group

Creating a Scheduled Task for a

VM

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the VM, click on the "Manage" tab,
click on the "Scheduled Tasks" tab, click on the "Schedule a New Task" link
on the top of the "Task" column

Creating a snapshot on a VM

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, right-click on the VM on which you want
to create a snapshot, click "Take Snapshot", enter a name and description
(optional) and choose whether to capture the memory and whether to
quiesce the guest file system (requires VMware Tools), click "OK"

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Directions

Creating an Advanced
Performance Chart for any
inventory object

Click on the object in the Inventory Pane, click on "Monitor", click on

"Performance", click on "Advanced" in the blue area, click on the "Chart
Options" link in the top center of the screen

Defining a Private VLAN on a

vSphere Distributed Switch

From "Networking" view, right-click on the switch on which you want to

define the Private VLAN, select "All vCenter Actions", click "Edit Private
VLAN", in the "Edit Private VLAN Settings" box click "Add", select the
Primary VLAN that you want to use to create additional Isolated or
Community VLANs and click "Add", define the VLAN type to create the
Private VLAN to be used with port groups, click "OK" to finish and save
your new VLANs

Deleting a VM from the vCenter

inventory

From "Hosts and Clusters" view right-click on the powered off VM that you
want to delete, select "All vCenter Actions" from the bottom of the list,
click on "Delete from Disk", confirm the deletion by clicking on "Yes"

Determining Permissions for an

Object

Click on the object in the Inventory Pane, click on "Manage", click on the
"Permissions" tab

Determining sessions connected

to vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the vCenter object, click on the
"Manage" tab, click on the "Sessions" tab below it and to the right, read
the information under "Sessions"

Determining storage providers

associated with a vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the vCenter object, click on the
"Manage" tab, click on the "Storage Providers" tab below it and to the
right, read the information under "Storage Providers"

Determining the location of a VMs

.vmx file

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, right-click on the VM that you want to
examine, click "Edit Settings", on the "VM Options" tab, click "General
Options" in the blue area, locate "VM config file", read the location to the
right

Determining the PSP used for a

LUN

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host that is associated with the
datastore that contains the LUN you want to examine, click on the
"Manage" tab and then on the "Storage" tab, in the blue area, select
"Storage Devices", select the LUN that you want to examine and then scroll
to the bottom of the list under "Device Details" at the bottom of the
screen, view the information to the right of "Path Selection Policy"

Determining the SATP used for a

LUN

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host that is associated with the
datastore that contains the LUN you want to examine, click on the
"Manage" tab and then on the "Storage" tab, in the blue area, select
"Storage Devices", select the LUN that you want to examine and then scroll
to the bottom of the list under "Device Details" at the bottom of the
screen, view the information to the right of "Storage Array Type Policy"

Determining the total inventory in

a datacenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the datastore that you want to
examine, click on the "Summary" tab, read the totals just to the right of
the Inventory Pane

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Directions

Determining the VM Working

Location of a VMs storage

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, right-click on the VM that you want to
configure, click "Edit Settings", on the "VM Options" tab, click "General
Options" in the blue area, locate "VM Working Location", read the location
to the right

Determining total resource use in

a datacenter

In "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the datacenter that you want to
examine, click on the "Summary" tab, read the totals just to the left of
Recent Tasks

Disabling Admission Control on a

vSphere cluster

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the cluster that you want to
configure, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the "Settings" tab, in the
blue area select vSphere HA, in the details pane on the right select "Edit",
in the "Edit Cluster Settings" dialog box uncheck the box labeled "Enable
Admission Control"

Disabling HA on a vSphere cluster

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the cluster that you want to
configure, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the "Settings" tab, in the
blue area select "vSphere HA", in the details pane on the right, click "Edit",
in the "Edit Cluster Settings" dialog box uncheck the box labeled "Enable
Host Monitoring"

Disconnecting a Network Adapter

on a VM

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "Virtual Hardware" tab click on the Network Adapter in the blue area,
uncheck "Connect at Power On"

Editing an alarm in vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters view, click on the vCenter (root object), click on
"Manage" and then on "Alarm Definitions", click on an alarm to read
information about it on the right, click on "Edit" to make changes to the
current settings

Editing connection Timeout

settings in vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click your vCenter root object, click the
"Manage" tab and then the "Settings" tab, on the "General" settings click
on "Edit", click "Timeout settings" in the blue area, configure accordingly

Editing Database settings in

vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click your vCenter root object, click the
"Manage" tab and then "Settings" tab, on the "General" settings click on
"Edit", click "Timeout settings" in the blue area, configure accordingly

Editing default http and https

ports in vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click your vCenter root object, click the
"Manage" tab and then the "Settings" tab, on the "General" settings click
on "Edit", click "Ports" in the blue area, configure accordingly

Editing Graphics properties for a

host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "Hardware" in the blue area,
click on "Graphics", click on the adapter card and then select the VMs that
you want to use it

Editing Logging settings in

vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click your vCenter root object, click the
"Manage" tab and then the "Settings" tab, on the "General" settings click
on "Edit", click "Timeout settings" in the blue area, configure accordingly

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Directions

Editing Mail settings in vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click your vCenter root object, click the
"Manage" tab and then the "Settings" tab, on the "General" settings click
on "Edit", click "Mail" in the blue area, configure accordingly

Editing Memory properties for a

host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "Hardware" in the blue area,
click on "Memory", click "Edit" in the details pane to the right of "Memory"
and configure the settings as needed

Editing Multipathing policies for

LUNs

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host that is associated with the
datastore that contains the LUN you want to examine, click on the
"Manage" tab and then on the "Storage" tab, in the blue area select
"Storage Devices", select the LUN that you want to edit and then scroll to
the bottom of the list under "Device Details" at the bottom of the screen,
click "Edit Multipathing..." to the right of "Multipathing Policies", click on
the drop-down to select your new PSP and select a preferred path if
applicable

Editing Processor properties for a

host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "Hardware" in the blue area,
click on "Processors", click "Edit" in the details pane to the right of
"General", configure the settings as needed

Editing Runtime settings in

vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click your vCenter root object, click the
"Manage" tab and then the "Settings" tab, on the "General" settings click
on "Edit", click "Runtime settings" in the blue area, configure accordingly

Editing SNMP receiver settings in

vCenter

On "Hosts and Clusters" click your vCenter root object, click the "Manage"
tab and then the "Settings" tab, on the "General" settings click on "Edit",
click "SNMP receivers" in the blue area, configure accordingly

Editing SSL settings in vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click your vCenter root object, click the
"Manage" tab and then the "Settings" tab, on the "General" settings click
"Edit", click "Timeout settings" in the blue area, configure accordingly

Editing statistics collection

intervals for a vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on a vCenter in inventory pane on the
left, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the "Settings" tab, click on
"General" in the blue area, expand "Statistics" to the right of "General" in
the blue area to view your current settings, click "Edit" and click "Statistics"
to configure your collection statistics as needed

Editing the Default Gateway of a

host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host on which you want to
edit the default gateway, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the
"Networking" tab, click "Virtual adapters" in the blue area, click the "TCP/IP
Configuration", click the System Stack that you want to edit (usually the
Default stack), click the Routing tab at the bottom of the screen to view
the current settings, click the "Edit" icon that looks like a pencil at the top
right of screen, click Routing in blue area, edit the default gateway as
needed (this may cause the host to become disconnected from the
network)

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Directions

Editing the DNS server settings on

a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host on which you want to
edit the DNS settings, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the
"Networking" tab, click "Virtual adapters" in the blue area, click the "TCP/IP
Configuration", click the System Stack that you want to edit (usually the
Default stack), click the DNS tab at the bottom of the screen to view the
current settings, click the "Edit" icon that looks like a pencil at the top right
of screen, click DNS configuration in blue area, configure to obtain settings
automatically from DHCP server on a specific adapter, or configure
manually as needed

Editing User Directory settings in

vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click your vCenter root object, click the
"Manage" tab and then the "Settings" tab, on the "General" settings click
on "Edit", click "User Directory" in the blue area, configure accordingly

Enabling Health Check on a

vSphere Distributed Switch

From "Networking" view right-click on the VDS on which you want to

enable Health Check, select "All vCenter Actions" at the bottom of the list,
click "Edit Health Check", enable Health Check for VLAN and MTU and/or
Teaming and failover

Enabling Network I/O Control on

a VDS

In "Networking" view, right-click on the VDS on which you want to

configure NIOC, click "Edit Settings", in the drop-down box next to
"Network I/O Control" select "Enabled", click OK to save your changes

Enabling Storage I/O Control for

datastores

In "Storage" view, select the datastore for which you want to enable SIOC,
click the "Manage" tab and ten click the "Settings" tab, in the details pane
click "Edit" across from "Datastore Capabilities", check the box labeled
"Enable Storage I/O Control" and set your "Congestion Threshold" as
needed

Enabling VM Storage Policies in a

vCenter

From the "Home" screen, click on the "VM Storage Policies" icon in the
"Monitoring" section of the details pane, click on the second icon under
"Objects" with the pop-up that reads "Enable VM storage policies per
compute resource.", select the vCenter and enable policies for the hosts
and clusters as needed

Enabling/Disabling Ipv6 Support

for a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Networking" tab, click on "Advanced" in the blue
area on the left, click on "Edit" to the right of "Advanced", configure as
needed

Estimating datastore space for a

vCenter Server

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click your vCenter root object, on the
"General" settings click on "Edit", click "Statistics" in the blue area, configure
for your hosts, clusters, and collection intervals accordingly

Exporting a vSphere Distributed

Switch configuration

From "Networking" view, right-click on the VDS for which you want to save
the configuration, select "All vCenter Actions" at the bottom of the list,
click "Export Configuration", select the appropriate radio button to
export either "Distributed switch and all port groups" or "Distributed switch
only", provide a description if desired (not required), click "OK", click "Yes"
to confirm that you want to save the configuration, give the saved
configuration a name and storage location, click "Save" to finalize the
export process

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Directions

Migrating a powered on VM that

is on a private datastore

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, expand your inventory to locate the
powered on VM that you want to migrate, right-click on the VM, select
"Migrate", in the "Select Migration Type" setting select to "Change
datastore", select the destination datastore for the VM, follow the wizard
to make your selections and verify compatibility

Migrating a VM with vMotion

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, expand your inventory to locate the
powered on VM that you want to migrate, right-click on the VM, select
"Migrate", in the "Select Migration Type" setting select to "Change both
host and datastore", follow the wizard to make your selections and verify
compatibility

Modifying the multipathing

properties of a datastore

From "Datastore and Datastore Clusters" view, click on the datastore on

which you want to modify multipathing, click on the "Manage" tab, and
then on the "Settings" tab, in the blue area select "Connectivity and
Multipathing", click on the host associated with the datastore, click on
"Edit Multipathing..." at the bottom of screen

Quick determination of CPU and

Memory for all VMs on a vCenter

In "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the vCenter object that you want to
examine, click on the "Related Objects" tab and then on the "Virtual
Machines" tab, compare CPU and memory use for all VMs and sort as
needed

Quick view of Triggered Alarms in

vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, examine the "Alarms" section at the
bottom right corner of screen, use the links from there for further
examination and configuration

Removing a distributed switch

port group

From "Networking" view, click on the switch the contains the port group
that you want to remove, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the
"Settings" tab, click on "Topology" in the blue area (if needed), click on the
port group that you want to remove as shown in the topology of the
switch, click the red "X", confirm by clicking "Yes"

Removing a host from a vSphere

Distributed Switch

From "Networking" view, right-click on the VDS on which you want to

remove a host, click "Add and Manage Hosts", select "Remove hosts",
click "Next", click the "+" select from the list of attached hosts, follow the
wizard to finish the removal process

Removing a Port Group from a

vNetwork Standard Switch

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host on which you want to
remove the port group, click on the "Manage" tab and then on the
"Networking" tab, click "Virtual switches in the blue area, click on the
switch on which you want to remove the port group, click on the port
group as shown on the switch below, click on the red "X" and confirm that
you want to remove the port group (you should assure that all VMs that
were connected to the port group are reassigned and reconnected to
another port group

Removing a Tag from an

inventory object

Right-click on the object on which you want to remove a tag and click
"Remove Tag", choose the appropriate tag from the list on the pop-up,
click "Remove"

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Directions

Removing a VM from the vCenter

inventory

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, right-click on the powered off VM that you
want to remove, select "All vCenter Actions" from the bottom of the list,
click on "Remove from Inventory", confirm the remove by clicking on "Yes"

Removing a VMFS datastore

From "Datastore and Datastore Clusters" view, right-click on the datastore

that you want to remove, select "All vCenter Actions", click "Delete
Datastore", confirm your intent to delete the datastore by clicking "Yes"

Removing a vSphere Distributed

Switch

From "Networking" view, right-click on the VDS that you want to remove,
click on "All vCenter Actions" at the bottom of the list, click on "Remove
from Inventory", confirm that you want to remove the VDS and all port
groups associated with it by clicking on "Yes"

Removing an expired license key

From "Home", click on the "Licensing" icon in the "Administration" section

of the details pane, on the drop down box next to "vCenter Server" choose
the vCenter server that you want to manage, click on either "License Keys",
right-click on the key that you want to remove, click "Remove License Key",
confirm your selection

Removing the Getting Started

tabs (Taking off the "training
wheels")

From "Home", click "Help" in the upper right corner, then click "Hide All
Getting Started Pages"

Renaming a VMFS datastore

From "Datastore and Datastore Clusters" view, right-click on the datastore

that you want to rename and select "Rename", enter the new name and
click "OK"

Rescanning storage for a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view right-click on the host on which you want
to rescan storage, select "All vCenter Actions, click on "Rescan Storage",
select to "Scan for new Storage Devices", "Scan for new VMFS Volumes", or
both, click "OK"

Rescanning storage for an entire

cluster

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, right-click on the cluster on which you
want to rescan storage, select "All vCenter Actions, click on "Rescan
Storage", select to "Scan for new Storage Devices", "Scan for new VMFS
Volumes", or both, click "OK"

Restoring an exported vSphere

Distributed Switch configuration

From "Networking" view, right-click on the VDS for which you want to
restore the configuration, select "All vCenter Actions" at the bottom of the
list, click "Restore Configuration", browse to the location of a stored file,
click on the file and then click "Open", select the appropriate radio button
to export either "Distributed switch and all port groups" or "Distributed
switch only" and click "Next", review your Import settings and click "Finish"
to begin the restore process

Restoring the Getting Started tabs

(Putting the "training wheels"
back on

From "Home", click "Help" in the upper right corner, then click "Show All
Getting Started Pages"

Resuming a Work in Progress

Click on the item in "Work In Progress"

Saving Work In Progress

In any wizard, click the double arrow ">>" at the top right corner of the
wizard dialog box

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Directions

Scheduling a task for a cluster

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the cluster, click on the "Manage"
tab, click on the "Scheduled Tasks" tab below it and to the right, click on
"Schedule a New Task" and make your choices in the wizard

Showing other unconfigurable

devices

Right-click on the VM that you want to examine click "Edit Settings", on the
"Virtual Hardware" tab click on "Other Devices" in the blue area, view your
settings

Synchronizing a VMs guest time

with its host

Right-click on the VM that you want to configure, click "Edit Settings", on

the "VM Options" tab, click "VMware Tools" in the blue area, locate "Time"
and click the check box next to "Synchronize guest time with host"

Troubleshooting triggered alarms

for a datacenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the datacenter that you want to
troubleshoot, click on the "Monitor" tab, read the information on "All
Issues", click on "Triggered Alarms" to investigate further

Upgrading a VMFS-3 datastore to

VMFS-5

From "Datastore and Datastore Clusters" view, click on the datastore, click
on the "Manage" tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, ensure that "General"
is selected in the blue area, click the "Upgrade to VMFS-5" button, verify
that all hosts are running at least ESXi 5.0 and click "OK"

Viewing Alarm Definitions for a

vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the vCenter object, click on the
"Manage" tab, click on the "Alarm Definitions" tab next to the "Settings"
tab

Viewing Alarm Settings in vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters view, click on the vCenter (root object), click on
"Manage" and then on "Alarm Definitions", click on the specific alarm to
read information about it on the right

Viewing All Triggered Alarms in

vCenter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the vCenter (root object), click on
the "Monitor" tab and then on the "Issues" tab, in the blue area under
"Issues", click on "Triggered Alarms", uncheck "Show acknowledged" to no
longer view alarms which have been acknowledged by an administrator
but not yet cleared

Viewing Client Plug-Ins

From "Home", click "Administration", under "Solutions" click "Client Plug-Ins"

Viewing configured alarms for

vCenter

On "Hosts and Clusters", click your vCenter root object, click the "Manage"
tab and then the "Alarm Definitions" tab, click on the "Name" column to
view the alarms in alphabetical order, view detailed information about
each alarm to the right of the list of alarms

Viewing current licensing for a

host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Settings" tab, expand "System" in the blue area, click
on "Licensing"

Viewing extensions added to a

vCenter

From "Home", select "Administration", expand "Solutions" in the blue area

below, select "vCenter Server Extensions

Viewing Host Cache Configuration

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click the "Manage" tab,
click the "Storage" tab below the "Manage" tab, In the blue area select
"Host Cache Configuration"

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Directions

Viewing licensed products in

vSphere

From "Home", click on the "Licensing" icon in the "Administration" section

of the details pane, on the drop down box next to "vCenter Server" choose
the vCenter server that you want to manage, click on the "Products" tab,
double click a specific product license to get more information

Viewing the devices connected to

a storage adapter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host that is associated with the
storage adapter, click the "Manage" tab, click the "Storage" tab below the
"Manage" tab, in the blue area select "Storage Adapters" and then select
the adapter that you want to examine, click "Devices" tab in "Adapter
Details" at the bottom of the screen

Viewing the paths visible to a

storage adapter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host that is associated with the
storage adapter, click the "Manage" tab, click the "Storage" tab below the
"Manage" tab, in the blue area select "Storage Adapters" and then select
the adapter that you want to examine, click "Paths" tab in "Adapter
Details" at the bottom of the screen

Viewing the paths visible to a

storage device

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host that is associated with the
storage device, click the "Manage" tab, click the "Storage" tab below the
"Manage" tab, In the blue area select "Storage Devices" and then select the
device that you want to examine, click the "Paths" tab in "Adapter Details"
at the bottom of the screen

Viewing the properties of a

storage adapter

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host that is associated with the
storage adapter, click the "Manage" tab, click the "Storage" tab below the
"Manage" tab, In the blue area select "Storage Adapters" and then select
the adapter that you want to examine, click "Properties" tab in "Adapter
Details" at the bottom of the screen

Viewing the properties of a

storage device

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host that is associated with the
storage device, click the "Manage" tab, click the "Storage" tab below the
"Manage" tab, In the blue area select "Storage Devices" and then select the
device that you want to examine, click the "Properties" tab in "Adapter
Details" at the bottom of the screen

Viewing the properties of physical

adapters (vmnics) on a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Networking" tab, click on "Physical adapters" in the
blue area on the left, click on the vmnic that you want to see in the list on
the right, view the properties below

Viewing the properties of virtual

switches on or associated to a
host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Networking" tab, click on "Virtual Switches" in the
blue area on the left, click on the switch that you want to see in the list on
the right, view the properties below

Viewing the properties of

VMkernel adapters on or
associated to a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Networking" tab, click on "VMkernel adapters" in the
blue area on the left, click on the VMkernel that you want to see in the list
on the right, view the properties below

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Directions

Viewing the TCP/IP configuration

of a host

From "Hosts and Clusters" view, click on the host, click on the "Manage"
tab, and then on the "Networking" tab, click on "TCP/IP Configuration" in
the blue area on the left, click on the system stack that you want to view,
view the properties of the TCP/IP stack below

Viewing vCenter Server

Extensions

From "Home", click "Administration", under "Solutions" click "vCenter Server

Extensions"

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Bill Ferguson, VCI3, 4, 5, MCT, MCSE, MCP+I, CCSI, CCNA, A+, Network+, Server+, Security+ has been in the
computer industry for over 20 years. Bill runs his own company as an independent contractor in Birmingham,
Alabama, teaching classes for many national training companies, including Global Knowledge. Additionally, Bill
has written and produced many technical training videos including: A+, Network+, Windows 2000 Management,
Windows XP Management, Windows 2000 Security, Server+, and Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices. He also
wrote the 70-298 Exam Cram 2 (Designing Security for a Windows Server 2003 Network) for Que Publishing. In
addition, he wrote the Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) Study Guide for Sybex Inc. and
several Network+ titles. Most recently, he wrote The Official VCP5 Certification Guide (Pearson/VMware Press).
Bill says, My job is to understand the material so well that I can make it easier for my students to learn than it
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