Getting Started With ESX Server 3i Installable

Getting Started with ESX Server 3i Installable
ESX Server 3i version 3.5 Installable and VirtualCenter 2.5
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Welcome
ThisguideisintendedforexperiencedWindowsorLinuxsystemadministratorswho willbeinstallingVMwareESXServer3iandwillbeconfiguringvirtualizationforthe firsttimebyusingVMwareInfrastructure3.Specifically,itisintendedforuserswho: DonotyethavetheESX Server 3isoftwareinstalled. DonotyethavetheVMwareInfrastructureClientortheVMwareVirtualCenter Serverinstalled. ThisguidedescribesVMwareESX Server 3iandVirtualCenterandprovides instructionsforsettingupandconfiguringahost,includingthefollowingtasks: InstallingESX Server 3iandaddingthehosttoyournetwork. DeployingtheVIClientandconnectingtoasingleESX Server 3ihost. Deployingandrunningavirtualmachine. DeployingVMwareInfrastructurewiththeVirtualCenterServertomanage multiplehosts.
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About VMware Infrastructure

VMwareInfrastructureisasuiteofapplicationsthatusesvirtualizationto: Runmultipleoperatingsystemsonasinglephysicalmachinesimultaneously. Reclaimidleresourcesandbalanceworkloadsacrossmultiplephysicalmachines. Workaroundhardwarefailuresandscheduledmaintenance.
VMware Infrastructure Components

FamiliaritywiththecomponentsthatmakeupaVMwareInfrastructureenvironment helpsyouunderstandthesetupprocessand,ultimately,theprocessofrunningvirtual machinesusingVMwareVirtualCenter.VMwareInfrastructureincludesthefollowing components: TheVMwareInfrastructureClientTheVIClientistheinterfacetothe VirtualCenterServerandhosts.Italsoprovidesconsoleaccesstovirtualmachines. TheVMwareVirtualCenterServerTheVirtualCenterServerunifiesresources fromindividualhostssothatthoseresourcescanbesharedamongvirtual machinesintheentiredatacenter.Itaccomplishesthisbymanagingthe assignmentofvirtualmachinestothehostsandtheassignmentofresourcestothe virtualmachineswithinagivenhostbasedonthepoliciessetbythesystem administrator. TheVirtualCenterServerallowstheuseofadvancedVMwareInfrastructure featuressuchasVMwareDistributedResourceScheduler(DRS),VMwareHigh Availability(HA),andVMwareVMotion. DatacenterAdatacenterisastructureunderwhichyouaddhostsandtheir associatedvirtualmachinestotheVirtualCenterinventory. HostAhostisacomputerthatusestheESX Server 3ivirtualizationsoftwarerun virtualmachines.HostsprovideCPUandmemoryresources,accesstostorage, andnetworkconnectivityforvirtualmachinesthatresideonthem.Youmusthave ahostbeforefollowingthestepsinthismanual. VirtualMachineAvirtualmachineisasoftwarecomputerthat,likeaphysical computer,runsanoperatingsystemandapplications.Multiplevirtualmachines canrunonthesamehostatthesametime.Virtualmachinesmanagedbythe VirtualCenterServercanalsorunonaclusterofhosts.
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TherelationshipsamongthebasiccomponentsofVMwareInfrastructureareshownin thefollowingfigure. Figure 1. VMware Infrastructure Components
virtual machines
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Managing Hosts
Therearetwoprimarymethodsformanaginghosts: SinglehostmanagementUsetheVIClienttoconnecttoasingleESX Server 3i hostandmanagevirtualmachinesandtheirresources.WhentheVIClientis connectedtoanESX Server 3i,theVIClientdisplaysonlytheoptionsappropriate tosinglehostmanagement. MultiplehostmanagementUsetheVIClienttoconnecttoaVirtualCenter Serverandmanagemanyvirtualmachinesandtheirresourcesdistributedover multipleESX Server 3ihosts.WhenconnectedtoaVirtualCenterServer,theVI ClientdisplaysalltheoptionsavailabletotheVMwareInfrastructureenvironment andformanagingmultiplehosts.
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DeployingaVirtualCenterServerprovidesmanyadvantagesoverdeployingasingle, standaloneESX Server 3ihost.Table 1illustratessomeofthekeyadvantagesand comparesmultiplehostmanagementwithVirtualCenterversussinglehost management. Table 1. Comparison of Multiple and Single Host Management
Feature Scale of deployment Capacity planning Server Consolidation wizard Instant server provisioning Zero-downtime maintenance Load balancing Failover Power savings VirtualCenter Server ESX Server 3i
Multiplehosts Builtin Builtin Availablewithtemplates andcloning PossiblewithVMotion PossiblewithVMwareDRS PossiblewithVMwareHA PossiblewithVMware DistributedPower Management(DPM) AvailablewithActive DirectoryIntegration
Singlehost Availableseparately Availableseparately Notavailable Notavailable Notavailable Notavailable Notavailable
Centralized access control
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Installing ESX Server 3i

UsetheESX Server 3iInstallableCDROMtoinstallESX Server 3iontoaharddrive (SATA,SAS,orSCSI).Thisprocedurepresumesyouareusingakeyboardandmonitor attachedtotheESXServerhosttoperformtheinstallation. To install ESX Server 3i: 1 2 InserttheESX Server 3i InstallableCDintotheCDdrive. SettheBIOStobootfromtheCD.
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TheESX ServerrunsthroughitsbootprocessuntiltheWelcomescreendisplays.
Ifthisscreendoesnotdisplay,dothefollowing: a b Rebootthemachine. PressthekeyrequiredtoenteryourmachinesBIOSSetuppage. ThiskeyisoftenF1,F2,orF10. c d 3 SettheCDdriveasthefirstbootdevice. Rebootthemachine.
PressEntertocontinuewiththeInstallation. ThetextinstallerstepsyouthrougheachprocessoftheESXServerinstallation. Whentheinstallercompletestheoperation,theInstallationCompletescreen displays.
RemovetheCDandrebootthehost.
Afterthehostreboots,thedirectconsolescreendisplaysandallowsyoutosetupyour ESX Serverhostconfiguration,asdescribedinthenextsection,SettingUp ESX Server 3i. FordetailedinformationaboutinstallingESX Server 3i,seetheESX Server 3iSetup Guide.
Setting Up ESX Server 3i

SettingupESX Server 3iinvolvesconfiguringtheAdministrative(root)passwordfor theESX Server 3ihostandconfiguringthedefaultnetworkingbehavior.Beforeyou begin,makesureyouhavethefollowing: AnESX Server 3isystemthatisconnectedtoamonitorandkeyboardandpowered on. AnetworkwithaDHCPserver(optional).
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Atleastoneothercomputertoactasamanagementstation.Thiscomputermust berunningWindows,havenetworkaccesstotheESX Server 3i,andhaveInternet access. TheVMwareInfrastructureManagementInstallerCDROM. NOTEIntheeventthatasystemfailureoccurs,youcanrestoretheESX Server 3i software.RefertotheSetupGuideforyourESX Server 3iproductforinstructionson recoveringESX Server 3i.Ifyoudonothaveacopyofthismanual,youcanobtainone byvisitinghttp://www.vmware.com/support/pubs. AfterESX Server 3iisinstalledandrebootedforthefirsttime,thesystemnetworkand storagedevicesareconfiguredwithdefaults.Afterthehostcompletesthebootup phase,thedirectconsoleappearsontheattachedmonitor.
Usingakeyboardattachedtothehost,pressF2toexaminethedefaultconfiguration. Asthesystemadministrator,youmaywanttomakechangestothedefault configuration,suchascreatingtheadministratorpasswordorsettingthestaticIP address.VMwarerecommendsthatyouconfigureyouradministrativeaccesssettings andservernetworkforthepurposeoftheVMwareInfrastructureevaluation.
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Configuring the Administrative Password

TheadministrativeusernamefortheESX Server 3ihostisroot.Bydefault,the administrativepasswordisnull,meaningthereisnoadministrativepassword. To create an administrative password 1 2 3 Fromthedirectconsole,pressF2. SelectConfigureRootPassword. Whenpromptedfortheoldpassword,pressEnter.
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EnteranewpasswordandpressEnter. ConfirmthepasswordandpressEnter.
Therootpasswordiscreated.
Configuring the Management Network

ThedefaultbehaviorfornetworkingisforDHCP(DynamicHostConfiguration Protocol)toconfiguretheIPaddress.Youcanchoosefromthefollowingoptionsfor acceptingormakingchangestothedefaultnetworksettings: AccepttheDHCPconfiguredIPsettingsandproceedtousetheVIClientto connecttotheESX Server 3ihost. OverridetheDHCPconfiguredIPaddressbyconfiguringastaticIPaddressusing thedirectconsole.
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WritedowntheIPaddressfortheESX Server 3ihost.YouwillneedtheIPaddress whenyouconnecttothehostusingtheVIClient. To configure static IP settings using the direct console 1 2 Fromthedirectconsole,pressthedownarrowkeytoselectConfigure ManagementNetworkandpressEnter. PressthedownarrowtoselectIPConfigurationandpressEnter.
PressthedownarrowtohighlightSetstaticIPaddressandnetwork configuration.
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Pressthespacebartoselectthehighlighteditem. PressthedownarrowkeytoselectIPAddress. PresstheBackspacekeytodeletethecurrentIPaddress. EnteranewIPaddress. PressthedownarrowkeytoselectSubnetMask. PresstheBackspacekeytodeletethecurrentsubnetmask. Enteranewsubnetmask. PressthedownarrowkeytoselectDefaultGateway. PresstheBackspacekeytodeletethecurrentdefaultgateway. Enteranewdefaultgateway. RetypethenewpasswordandpressEntertosavethepasswordconfiguration.
IfyouconfigurestaticIPaddressnetworkingforyourESX Server 3ihost,youalsoneed toconfigurestaticDNSinformation,includingahostname,aprimarynameserver,a secondarynameserver,andDNSsuffixes.ToconfigureDNSsettings,selectConfigure ManagementNetworkfromthedirectconsoleandspecifyyourDNSserveraddresses andhostname.
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Managing Your First ESX Server 3i Host

Afteryoucompleteinitialsetupofyourhostmachine,youcaninstallthesoftware neededtomanageESX Server 3i.Foryourfirstevaluationexperience,youwillinstall theVIClienttomanageasinglehost. UsetheVMwareInfrastructureManagementInstallerCDROMtoinstalltheVIClient onadesktoporlaptopcomputerthatistobeusedasamanagementstation.Ifyoudid notpurchasetheVMwareInfrastructureManagementsoftware,usetheVIClient packagedownloadedontoyourhostduringtheESX Server 3iinstallationoran evaluationcopydownloadedfromtheVMwareDownloadCenter. TheVIClientmustbeinstalledonaWindowsmachinethathasnetworkaccesstothe ESX Server 3ihost.ThemanagementstationmustalsohaveInternetaccess.
Before You Begin

Beforeyoubegin,besureyoursystemmeetstheseVIClientrequirements.
Hardware Requirements
TheVIClienthardwaremustmeetthefollowingrequirements: Processor266MHzorhigherIntelorAMDx86processor(500MHz recommended). Memory256MBRAMminimum,512MBrecommended. DiskStorage150MBfreediskspacerequiredforbasicinstallation.Youmust have55MBfreeonthedestinationdriveforinstallationoftheprogram,andyou musthave100MBfreeonthedrivecontainingyour%temp% directory. NetworkingGigabitEthernetrecommended.
Software Requirements
TheVI Clientisdesignedfor32bitversionsoftheWindowsoperatingsystems. TheVI ClientrequirestheMicrosoft.NET2.0Framework.Ifyoursystemdoesnthave itinstalled,theVI Clientinstallerautomaticallyinstallsit.
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Installing the VI Client

ThissectiondescribeshowtoinstalltheVIClientbyusingtheVMwareInfrastructure ManagementInstallerCDROM. To install a VI Client on Windows 1 AsAdministratorontheWindowssystem,inserttheinstallationCDROM.When theVMwareInfrastructureManagementInstallerscreenisdisplayed,clickNext.
IftheVMwareInfrastructureManagementInstallerscreenisnotdisplayed, doubleclicktheautorun.exeicon,andclickNext. AnIntroductionpageappears. 2 3 4 ClickNext.Thelicenseagreementappears. SelectIacceptthetermsinthelicenseagreement,andclickNext.TheCustomer Informationpageappears. Typeyourusernameandcompanyname,andclickNext.TheInstallationType pageappears.
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SelectVMwareInfrastructureClient.
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ClickNext.TheInstallationSummarypageappears. ClickInstalltobegintheinstallation. Installationmighttakeseveralminutes.Multipleprogressbarsappearduring installationoftheselectedcomponents.
ClickFinishtocompletetheinstallation.
Starting the VI Client and Logging On to ESX Server 3i

AfteryouinstalltheVIClient,youcanconnecttoyourESX Server 3ihost. To start a VI Client session 1 LaunchtheVIClient. DoubleclickashortcutorchoosetheapplicationthroughStart>Programs> VMware>VMwareInfrastructureClient.
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TheVIClientlogonwindowappears.
LogontoyourESXServerastheadministrator. a b c EntertheIPaddressorhostnameyounotedearlier. Entertheusernameroot. Enterthepasswordyouspecifiedusingthedirectconsole.Ifyoudidnotset thepasswordusingthedirectconsole,leavethePasswordfieldempty.
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ClickLogin.Asecuritywarningappears. Tocontinue,clickIgnore. ThissecuritywarningmessageoccursbecausetheVIClientdetectedacertificate signedbytheESX3iServerhostitself(defaultsetting).Forhighlysecure environments,certificatesgeneratedbytrustedthirdpartyarerecommended.You cansetupthirdpartycertificateslater.
Adding Your First Virtual Machine

Afteryouconnecttoyourhostmachine,youcanaddavirtualmachinetothehost. Thereareseveralwaystoaddvirtualmachinestohosts.Youcanbuildanewvirtual machineorimportavirtualappliance(aprebuiltvirtualmachine)fromtheVMware Website.TheVIClientGettingStartedtab,showninFigure 2,containsaWhatisa Host?sectionthatprovidesstepstoguideyouthroughbothoptions.Ifthisisyourfirst virtualmachine,VMwarerecommendsyouimportavirtualmachinethathasan operatingsystemalreadyinstalledandisreadytouse.
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Figure 2. What is a host? Tab
Importing a Virtual Appliance

Avirtualapplianceisaprebuiltvirtualmachinewithanoperatingsystemand applicationsalreadyinstalled.Thefollowingprocedureguidesyouthroughthesteps toimportavirtualmachine.
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To import a virtual appliance 1 2 IntheInventorypanel,makesurethehostmachineisselected. ClickImportavirtualappliance. TheImportVirtualAppliancewizardappears.
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SelectImportfromtheVMwareVirtualApplianceMarketplace. ClickNext.TheVMTNVirtualAppliancesimportpageappears. Selectavirtualappliancefromthelistofoptions.
NOTEFortheshortestdownloadtime,VMwarerecommendsthatyouchoseavirtual appliancethatissmallinsize. 6 ClickNextandfollowtheonscreeninstructionstoimportthevirtualappliance.
Afteryouimportthevirtualappliance,exploreitsfunctionalitybypoweringitonand viewingittroughtheConsoletabontheVIClient.Toreleasethecursorfromthe Console,pressControl+Altsimultaneously.ToviewtheConsoleinfullscreenmode, fromtheInventory,rightclickthevirtualmachineandselectOpenConsole. Congratulations!AtthispointyouhaverunyourfirstvirtualmachineonESX Server 3i. YoucanimportorcreateoneormorevirtualmachinesonasingleESXServerhost.

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Managing Multiple ESX Server 3i Hosts in Your Datacenter

NowthatyouveexploredavirtualmachineontheESX Server 3ihost,youcandeploy aVirtualCenterServertomanagemultiplehostsatthesametime.Managingmultiple hoststhroughaVirtualCenterServerallowsyoutoexperimentwithadvanced managementoptions,suchasresourcesharing,andalltheotheroptionsavailable withintheVMwareInfrastructureenvironment. TheVMwareInfrastructureManagementInstallerCDROMisincludedintheVMware packagingaccompanyingyourphysicalserver.UsetheCDROMtoinstalla VirtualCenterServeronthecomputerthatwillbeusedasamanagementstation. Forproductionuse,VMwarerecommendsthattheVirtualCenterServerbeinstalledon adedicatedserversystem.However,forthepurposeofthisexercise,itcanbeinstalled onadesktoporlaptopandmanagedremotelythroughtheVIClient.VirtualCenter ServermustbeinstalledonaWindowsmachinethathasnetworkaccesstothe ESX Server 3ihost.
Before You Begin

TheVirtualCenterServerrequiresadatabase.VirtualCenterServerusesMicrosoftSQL Server2005Expressasademonstrationdatabase.(SEEUPDATE)Beforeyoubegin,make sureyoursystemmeetsthehardwareandsoftwarerequirements.
Hardware Requirements
TheVirtualCenterServerhardwaremustmeetthefollowingrequirements: Processor2.0GHzorhigherIntelorAMDx86processor.Processorrequirements canbelargerifyourdatabaseisrunonthesamehardware. Memory2GBRAMminimum.RAMrequirementscanbelargerifyourdatabase isrunonthesamehardware. Diskstorage560MBminimum,2GBrecommended.Youmusthave245MBfree onthedestinationdriveforinstallationoftheprogram,andyoumusthave315MB freeonthedrivecontainingyour%temp%directory. MicrosoftSQLServer2005ExpressdiskrequirementsThedemonstration databaserequiresupto2GBfreediskspacetodecompresstheinstallationarchive. However,approximately1.5GBofthesefilesaredeletedaftertheinstallationis complete. NetworkingGigabitEthernetrecommended.
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Software Requirements
TheVirtualCenter Serverissupportedasaserviceonthe32bitversionsofthe Windowsoperatingsystems. TheVIClientisdesignedfor32bitversionsoftheWindowsoperatingsystems. NOTETheVIClientrequirestheMicrosoft.NET2.0Framework.Ifyoursystemdoesnt haveitinstalled,theVIClientinstallerautomaticallyinstallsit. TheVirtualCenterinstallerrequiresInternetExplorer5.5orhighertorun.
Installing the VirtualCenter Server

ThissectiondescribeshowtoinstalltheVirtualCenterServerusingtheVMware InfrastructureManagementInstallerCDROM.Awizardguidesyouthroughthe installationofboththeVirtualCenterServerandtheVIClient. To install VMware VirtualCenter Server 1 AsAdministratorontheWindowssystem,inserttheinstallationCDROM.When theVMwareInfrastructureManagementInstallerscreendisplays,clickNext.
IftheVMwareInfrastructureManagementInstallerscreenisnotdisplayed, doubleclicktheautorun.exeicon,andclickNext.
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ClickNext.Thelicenseagreementappears. SelectIacceptthetermsinthelicenseagreement,andclickNext.TheCustomer Informationpageappears. Typeyourusernameandcompanyname,andclickNext.TheInstallationType pageappears. OntheInstallationType,selectVMwareVirtualCenterServer.
ClickNext.Thedatabaseselectionpageappears.
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Onthedatabaseselectionpage,selectInstallMicrosoftSQLServer2005Express (suitableforsmallscaledeployment).TheVMwareInfrastructureManagement InstallerinstallsMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressdatabaseforyou.(SEEUPDATE)
ClickNext.TheLicenseServerpageappears.
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OntheLicenseServerpage,checktheIwanttoevaluateVirtualCenterServer checkboxifyouwanttousetheVirtualCenter Serverinevaluationmode.
Ifyouchoosethisoption,theenterpriseleveleditionofVirtualCenterisinstalled inevaluationmode.TheVMwareLicenseServerisalsoinstalledsothatyoucan switchtolicensedmodeduringoraftertheevaluationperiod. NOTEIfyoualreadyhaveaVirtualCenterlicense,youcaninstallitonthelicense serverlater.
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ClickNext.TheVirtualCenterCredentialspageappears.
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Entertheadministratornameandpasswordyouusewhenyoulogintothesystem onwhichyouareinstallingtheVirtualCenterServer.Youneedtheusernameand passwordenteredheretologintotheVirtualCenterServerafteryouhaveinstalled it. ClickNext.TheInstallationSummarypageappears. ClickInstalltobegintheinstallation. InstallationmighttakeseveralminutesaseachVirtualCenterServercomponent installs.Multipleprogressbarsappearduringinstallation.
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Foreachcomponentthatyouinstall,acceptthedefaultportandproxyinformation shownonscreen.Ifanotherserviceisalreadyusingthedefaults,specify alternativeportandproxyinformation. ClickNexttocontinuethroughthescreens. ClickFinishtocompletetheVirtualCenterServerinstallation.
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Afteryouhavecompletedtheinstallation,usetheVIClienttoconnecttothe VirtualCenterServer.
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Starting the VI Client and Logging in to the VirtualCenter Server

ConnecttotheVirtualCenterServerwiththeVIClient.Whenyouconnecttoa VirtualCenterServer,youcanmanagetheVirtualCenterServeraswellasallofthe hostsandvirtualmachinesbeingmanagedbyit. To start a VI Client session 1 LaunchtheVIClient. DoubleclickashortcutorchoosetheapplicationthroughStart>Programs> VMware>VMwareInfrastructureClient. TheVIClientloginwindowappears.
LogintotheVirtualCenterServerastheadministrator. a b c EntertheIPaddressorVirtualCenterServername. EnteryourWindowsadministratorusername. EnteryourWindowsadministratorpassword.
ClickLogin.
AfteryouconnecttotheVirtualCenterServerwiththeVIClient,createadatacenter.
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Creating a Datacenter
YoujustconnectedtotheVirtualCenterServerusingtheVIClient.Ifyouareloggingin forthefirsttime,youshouldhavenoinventoryitemsintheInventorypanel. ThefirststepinsettingupyourVMwareInfrastructureenvironmentistocreatea datacenter. To create a datacenter 1 SelecttherootnodefolderHosts&ClustersintheInventorypanel.
FollowtheonscreeninstructionsintheGettingStartedtabintheInformation panel,andclickCreateadatacenter. Thiscreatesadatacenter.
Namethedatacenterbyselectingitandenteringaname.
Afteryoucreateadatacenter,addtheESX Server 3ihosttoit.
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Adding a Host
Youjustcreatedadatacenter.NowaddyourESX Server 3ihost.Whenyouaddyour hosttoadatacenter,youbringitunderVirtualCentermanagement. To add a host 1 2 IntheInventorypanel,selectthedatacenteryoujustcreated. FollowtheonscreeninstructionsintheGettingStartedtab,andclickAddahost.
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TheAddHostwizardappears.
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TypetheIPaddressornameoftheESX Server 3ihostintheHostnamefield. EntertheUsernameandPasswordforauseraccountthathasadministrative privilegesontheselectedmanagedhost.
ClickNext.TheHostSummarypageappears. ToconfirmtheHostSummaryinformation,clickNext.TheConfigureLockdown Modepageappears. (Optional)SelectEnableLockdownModetodisableremoteaccessforthe administratoraccountafterVirtualCentertakescontrolofthishost.Selectingthis checkboxensuresthatthehostismanagedonlythroughVirtualCenterwithroot privileges. ClickNext.TheVirtualMachineLocationpageappears. Selectalocationfromthelistofinventoryobjects. ClickNext.TheReadytoCompletesummarypageappears. ToconfirmcompletingtheAddHostwizard,clickFinish. TheVIClientdisplaysaprogressbarintheRecentTaskspanewhilethehostis added.AddinganewhostmaytakeafewminutesandtheStatuspercentagemay appeartopauseatdifferentincrementsduringtheprocess.
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Whenanewhostisadded,thehostmayappearasdisconnecteduntil VirtualCentercompletesthetask.Afterthehostisadded,thestatuschangesto connected,indicatingthatthehostconnectioniscomplete. YoujustaddedyourhosttotheVirtualCenterInventory.Nowyoucanimportavirtual applianceorcreateanewvirtualmachinefromscratch.
Creating a Virtual Machine

Creatinganewvirtualmachineislikebuildingacomputer.Afteryouhavefinished, youmustinstallaguestoperatingsystem,applications,andVMwareToolsonit.Make surethatyouhaveanISOimageandalicensefortheoperatingsystemyouwantto installonthevirtualmachine. To create a virtual machine 1 IntheInventorypanel,selectthehostmachine.
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ClickCreateanewvirtualmachine. TheCreateNewVirtualMachinewizardappears.
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SelectTypical,andclickNext. Typeavirtualmachinename,andclickNext. Selectadatastoreinwhichtostorethevirtualmachinefiles,andclickNext. Youshouldchooseadatastorelargeenoughtoholdthevirtualmachineandallof itsvirtualdiskfiles.
UnderGuestOperatingSystem,selecttheoperatingsystemfamily(Microsoft Windows,Linux,NovellNetWare,Solaris,orother).Thisistheoperatingsystem foryourvirtualmachine.Yourchoiceshouldbebasedonyourplanneduseofthe virtualmachine. NOTEThewizarddoesnotinstalltheguestoperatingsystemforyou.TheNew VirtualMachineWizardusesthisinformationtoselectappropriatedefaultvalues, suchastheamountofmemoryneeded.
Selectthenumberofvirtualprocessorsinthevirtualmachinefromthepulldown list,andclickNext.
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Configurethevirtualmachinesmemorysizebyselectingthenumberof megabytes. Theminimum,recommended,maximumforbestperformance,andmaximum sizesarebasedontheguestoperatingsystem.Regardlessoftheguestoperating system,theminimummemorysizeis4MB.
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ClickNext. Choosethenetworkstoconnecttoandtheiroptionsbyselectinghowmany networkadapters(NICs)youwanttoconnectto,thenamesofthenetworks,and whetheryouwanttoconnecttothematpoweron. Thenetworkpulldownmenuliststheportgroupsthatareconfiguredforvirtual machineuseonthehost.Ifnovirtualmachineportgroupsareconfigured,a warningdialogboxappears,andyouarenotallowedtoconfigureanyvirtual networkcards.
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ClickNext. Specifythesizeofthevirtualdisk. Enterthedisksizeinmegabytes(MB)orgigabytes(GB).Thedefaultis4GB.The virtualdiskmustbelargeenoughtoholdtheguestoperatingsystemandallthe softwarethatyouintendtoinstallwithroomfordataandgrowth.
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ClickNext. OntheReadytoCompleteNewVirtualMachinepage,reviewyourselectionsand clickFinishtocreatethenewvirtualmachine.
Afteryouhavecreatedthenewvirtualmachine,installaguestoperatingsystemand VMwareToolsonit.Youcanfindinstructionsoninstallingaguestoperatingsystem andVMwareToolsintheVMwareInfrastructureTutorialaccessiblefromtheVIClient. SelectthevirtualmachineandfollowthelinksintheGettingStartedtabtolearnhow toinstallanoperatingsystem.
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Where to Go Next
Congratulations!YouhavenowsetupyourVMwareInfrastructureenvironment.From here,youcan: Expandyourcapacitybyaddingmorehostsandstorage. Expandyourvirtualdatacenterbycreatingandimportingnewvirtualmachines. PerformaconsolidationofyourphysicalserversusingtheConsolidationWizard. FormoreinformationonhowtoevaluatethemanyfeaturesandbenefitsofVMware Infrastructure,gotohttp://www.vmware.com/go/vi_evalresources.
VMware Infrastructure Tutorial

TolearnmoreaboutVMwareInfrastructure3componentsandtasks,refertothe VMwareInfrastructureTutorial.YoucanaccessthetutorialbyclickingtheExplore FurtherlinksontheGettingStartedtabsorbychoosingHelp>TutorialintheVI Client.
VMware Infrastructure Documentation

TheVMwareInfrastructuredocumentationconsistsofthecombinedVirtualCenterand ESX Server 3iInstallabledocumentationset.Youcanaccessthemostcurrentversions ofthismanualandotherbooksbygoingtohttp://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.
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Updates for Getting Started with ESX Server 3i Installable
LastUpdated:January3,2008 ThisdocumentprovidesupdatestotheESXServer3.5,ESXServer3iversion3.5,and VirtualCenter2.5versionofGettingStartedwithESXServer3iInstallable.Updated descriptions,procedures,andgraphicsareorganizedbypagenumbersothatyoucan easilylocatetheareasoftheguidewithchanges.Ifachangespansmultiplesequential pages,thisdocumentprovidesthestartingpagenumberonly. ThefollowingisalistofupdatestoGettingStartedwithESXServer3iInstallable: UpdatefortheManagingMultipleESXServer3iHostsinYourDatacenterSection onPage 16 UpdatefortheToinstallVMwareVirtualCenterServerProcedureonPage 19
Update for the Managing Multiple ESX Server 3i Hosts in Your Datacenter Section on Page 16
BeforeYouBeginonpage 16incorrectlyreferstoMicrosoftSQLServer2005Express asademonstrationdatabase.The bundledMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressisnot ademonstrationdatabase.The databaseissupportedforsmalldeploymentswithupto 5 hostsand50 virtualmachines.Forlargerdeployments,VMwaresupportsseveral OracleandMicrosoftSQLServerdatabases.Forinformationaboutsupported databases,seetheESXServer3iInstallableSetupGuide.
Update for the To install VMware VirtualCenter Server Procedure on Page 19

Step 7oftheprocedureincludesinstructionstousethebundledMicrosoftSQLServer 2005Expressdatabase.Thisdatabaseissupportedforsmalldeploymentswithupto 5 hostsand50 virtualmachines.Forlargerdeployments,VMwaresupportsseveral OracleandMicrosoftSQLServerdatabases.Forinformationaboutsupported databases,seetheESXServer3iInstallableSetupGuide.
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