Setting up Virtual Infrastructure using VMware

  1. ESX server
    1. Administering ESX 4
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  2. ESXi server
    1. Virtual Center (vCenter) server (is the centralized management server for complete infrastructure)
      1. Installed on a Windows server that is part of AD domain
    2. vSphere client (VMware-viclient.exe)
      1. Download from any of ESX server URL, vCenter server or ISO from VMware
      2. Install on vCenter server or any workstation
      3. Choose to install “Host Update Utility 4.0”
        1. This tool allows you to upgrade ESX 3.x to ESX 4.0 and ESXi 3.5 to ESXi 4.0. The utility also allows you to patch and update ESXi hosts.
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  3. Using Software
    1. vSphere Client is a single GUI application to
      1. Connect to specific ESX host and administer
      2. Connect to vCenter server to manage multiple ESX hosts
      3. You can to the remote server using
        1. IP Address or host name
        2. Logon using
          1. vCenter administrator logon credentials or
          2. loggedon Windows session credentials if it has all permissions
          3. Configure AD security group and assign permission to your Windows logon account and use that account
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