Basic System Administration
Basic System Administration describes the tasks you must complete to configure the Virtual Infrastructure Client (VI Client) and virtual machines. Before using the information in Basic System Administration, read the Introduction to VMware Infrastructure for an overview of system architecture and the physical and virtual devices that make up a VMware Infrastructure system. This introduction summarizes the contents of this guide so that you can find the information you need. This guide covers these subjects:
VMware Infrastructure components
Administration tools
System configuration
Virtual machine management and configuration
Access and permissions management
System administration and management
Getting Started
The introductory discussion spans seven chapters and describes the system components, system management tools, and the basic tasks you must complete to configure your Virtual Infrastructure Client. The introductory part contains the following chapters:
Using this Document – Summarizes the contents of this guide so that you can find the information you need. Using this Document 2 Basic System Administration 28 VMware, Inc.
VMware Infrastructure Components – Introduces you to the VMware Infrastructure components and operations you use when managing your virtual machines through ESX Server or VirtualCenter Server.
Starting and Stopping the VMware Infrastructure Components – Describes how to start and stop each of the VMware Infrastructure components. This includes the ESX Server, VirtualCenter Server, Virtual Infrastructure Client, Virtual Infrastructure Web Access, VirtualCenter host agent, VirtualCenter license server, and the VMware Service Console.
Using the VI Client – Describes the specific layout and navigation of the VI Client.
System Configuration – Contains information for configuring administration options, VirtualCenter Server settings, and managing host configuration options. It also includes some basic system configuration information, such as how to access and configure log files and set up SNMP.
Managing the VI Client Inventory – Describes how to perform tasks with objects in your VMware Infrastructure environment. This includes folders, datacenters, clusters, resource pools, networks, and datastores. These objects are used to manage or organize the monitored and managed hosts and virtual machines.
Managing Hosts in VirtualCenter – Describes how to perform managed host‐related tasks
