VMware 4817V62 Administration Guide - Page 4

vSphere Basic System Administration View Virtual Machine Console 41 Searching the vSphere Inventory 41 Using Lists 42 Custom Attributes 43 Select Objects 44 Manage vCenter Server Plug-Ins 45 Save vSphere Client Data 46 5 Configuring Hosts and vCenter Server 47 Host Configuration 47 Configuring vCenter Server 48 Access the vCenter Server Settings 48 Configuring Communication Among ESX, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Client 49 Configure vCenter Server SMTP Mail Settings 49 Working with Active Sessions 49 SNMP and vSphere 50 System Log Files 65 6 Managing the vSphere Client Inventory 71 Understanding vSphere Client Objects 71 Add an Inventory Object 73 Moving Objects in the Inventory 74 Remove an Inventory Object 74 Browsing Datastores in the vSphere Client Inventory 75 7 Managing Hosts in vCenter Server 77 About Hosts 77 Add a Host 78 Completing the Add Host Process 79 Disconnecting and Reconnecting a Host 80 Remove a Host from a Cluster 81 Understanding Managed Host Removal 81 Remove a Managed Host from vCenter Server 82 Monitoring Host Health Status 83 Virtual Machine Management 8 Consolidating the Datacenter 87 Consolidation First Time Use 88 Consolidation Prerequisites 88 About Consolidation Services 91 Configuring Consolidation Settings 91 Find and Analyze Physical Systems 92 Viewing Analysis Results 93 Converting Physical Systems to Virtual Machines 93 Viewing Consolidation Tasks 94 Troubleshooting Consolidation 95 4 VMware, Inc.