Create a Folder in the vSphere Web Client

Only virtual machine folders can be created in the vSphere Web Client.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines and Templates view of the vSphere Web Client inventory tree, select the parent location for the folder.

2. Click the All Actions icon ( ) and select Inventory > New Folder.

3. Click the new folder, type the name for the folder, and press Enter. After folder was created I dragged existing VMs into this folder. On right hand side you get three tabs as Summary, Monitor and Virtual Machines

Create a Resource Pool in the vSphere Web Client

You can use resource pools to hierarchically partition available CPU and memory resources of a standalone host or a cluster. You can use resource pools to aggregate resources and set allocation policies for multiple virtual machines, without setting resources on each virtual machine.

You can create a child resource pool of a standalone host, resource pool, vApp, or DRS cluster. You cannot create resource pools in a cluster that is not enabled for DRS.

Prerequisites

Required privilege: Resource.Create resource pool on the parent object for the resource pool.

Procedure

1. In the Hosts and Clusters view of the vSphere Web Client inventory tree, select the parent object for the resource pool.

2. Click the All Actions icon ( ) and select Inventory > New Resource Pool.

3. Type a name to identify the resource pool.

4. Specify how to allocate CPU and memory resources and Press OK

 

Configure Authentication Settings on the VMware vCenter Server Appliance

You can configure authentication settings, such as enabling an NIS or Active Directory server, on the VMware vCenter Server Appliance.

Procedure

1. Log in to the VMware vCenter Server Appliance Web console and navigate to theAuthentication tab.

2. (Optional) Click NIS and select NIS Enabled to enable an NIS server for the VMware vCenter ServerAppliance.

3. (Optional) Type the NIS domain and NIS server and click Save Settings.

4. (Optional) Click Active Directory and select Active Directory Enabled to enable an Active Directory serverfor the VMware vCenter Server Appliance.

5. (Optional) Type the domain, administrator user name, and administrator password for the ActiveDirectory server and click Save

6. Restart vCenter Server.

 

 

Configure Syslog Collector Ports on the VMware vCenter Server Appliance

The VMware vCenter Server Appliance acts as a syslog server, receiving system logs from hosts provisioned with Auto Deploy. You can change the system and SSL ports on the VMware vCenter Server Appliance to which hosts provisioned with Auto Deploy send log files.

Procedure

1. Log in to the VMware vCenter Server Appliance Web console.

2. On the Services tab, click Syslog.

3. Type the Syslog collector server port and the Syslog collector server SSL port and click Save Settings.

Hosts provisioned with Auto Deploy send log files to the specified ports. Although the VMware vCenter Server Appliance acts as a syslog server, it does not appear as a syslog server in the vSphere Client.

Configure NFS Storage on the VMware vCenter Server Appliance

Enable storing VMware vCenter Server Appliance log and core files on NFS to store VMware vCenter Server Appliance files on an NFS datastore.

Prerequisites

Disable root squashing on the NFS server. For example, use the command

exportfs–vorw,no_root_squash,sync :/share.

Procedure

1. Log in to the VMware vCenter Server Appliance Web console.

2. (Optional) On the Status tab, click Stop vCenter.This action minimizes logging to the old storage location.

3. On the vCenter Server tab, select Storage.

4. (Optional) Click Test Settings to verify that the VMware vCenter Server Appliance can successfully storefiles to the specified NFS shares.

5. Click Save Settings.

6. Restart the VMware vCenter Server Appliance.

Configure ESXi Auto Deploy Settings on the VMware vCenter Server Appliance

If you are using the VMware vCenter Server appliance for Auto Deploy, you can change the server port and maximum repository size for Auto Deploy.

1. Click Test Settings to verify that your changes are valid.

2. Click Save Settings.

3. Restart ESXi services.

 

Configure ESXi Dump Collector on the VMware vCenter Server Appliance

You can use ESXi Dump Collector to configure and dump a host’s kernel core to a network server on the datacenter when the system fails.

ESXi Dump Collector is installed and enabled by default on the VMware vCenter Server Appliance.

ESXi Dump Collector does not support vSphere distributed switches in ESXi 5.0.

ESXi Dump Collector cannot be installed on pre-vSphere5.0 environment.

Procedure

1. Log in to the VMware vCenter Server Appliance.

2. On the Services tab, click NetDump.

3. Type the port number in the Network Coredump Server (UDP) Port text box.

4. Type the size in the Network Coredump repository max size text box to specify the maximum core dumprepository size in MB.

 

5. Click Test Settings to verify that your changes are valid.

6. Click Save Settings.

7 Restart ESXi services.

Managing VMware vCenter Server Appliance

Start vCenter Server in the VMware vCenter Server Appliance

Procedure

1. Log in to the VMware vCenter Server Appliance Web console.

2. On the vCenter Server tab, select Status.

3. Click Start vCenter.You can now connect to vCenter Server using either the vSphere Client or the vSphere Web Client.

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Start or Stop ESXi Services in the VMware vCenter Server Appliance

Some VMware vCenter Server Appliance configuration changes require a restart of ESXi services to take effect.

Procedure

1. Log in to the VMware vCenter Server Appliance web console.

2. On the Services tab, click Status.

3. (Optional) Click Stop ESXi Services to stop ESXi services.

4. Click Start ESXi Services to start ESXi services. (NoteYou do not get prompt to start or stop service)

 

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Change the Administrator Password for the VMware vCenter Server Appliance

You can change the vCenter Server administrator password in the VMware vCenter Server Appliance.

Procedure

1. Log in to the VMware vCenter Server Appliance Web console.

2. On the vCenter Server tab, select Administration.

In the same screen you can enable or disable SSH, by default it is enabled

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Configure Inventory Size for the VMware vCenter Server Appliance

Set the inventory size of the VMware vCenter Server Appliance based on the number of hosts and virtual machines that you plan to have in the VMware vCenter Server Appliance inventory.

Procedure

1. In the VI Client, power off the VMware vCenter Server Appliance virtual machine.

2. Right-click the VMware vCenter Server Appliance virtual machine in the inventory pane and select Edit Settings.

3. On the Hardware tab, select Memory.

4. Set the memory size based on your planned inventory size.

 

5. Click OK.Power on the VMware vCenter Server Appliance virtual machine.

6. Log in to the VMware vCenter Server Appliance Web console.

7. On the vCenter Server tab, click Settings.

 

Configure Network Settings for the VMware vCenter Server Appliance

Configure network settings for the VMware vCenter Server Appliance to specify static IP and proxy settings.

Procedure

1. Log in to the VMware vCenter Server Appliance Web console.

2. On the Network tab, click Address.

3. Select the method by which vCenter Server obtains IP settings.

 

Configure Database Settings for the VMware vCenter Server Appliance

Configure database settings, such as database type and log in, for the VMware vCenter Server appliance.

Prerequisites

Install the VMware vCenter Server Appliance. See the vSphere Installation and Setup documentation.

Procedure

1. Log in to the VMware vCenter Server Appliance Web console.

2. On the vCenter Server tab, select Database.

3. Select the Database Type from the drop-down menu.

4. Click Save Settings to save your changes.

5. Start or restart vCenter Server.