VMware VirtualCenter 1.0 Support Documentation

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This chapter describes how to perform host-related tasks.

You need a Virtual Machine Administrator role assigned to the farm containing the host to perform the tasks described in this chapter.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Understanding Host States
• Adding a Host to a Farm
• Connecting to a Host
• Moving Hosts Between Farms
• Automatically Reconnecting a Host
• Removing a Host
• Allocating Host Resources
• Configuring a Host

Only ESX Server hosts that have virtual machines running on them are registered with VirtualCenter. All hosts are added to VirtualCenter farms.

All virtual machines on hosts (managed and running) are automatically discovered and imported into VirtualCenter.

A virtual machine is removed from VirtualCenter management server only when either the virtual machine, the host with the virtual machine, or the farm with the virtual machine is explicitly removed through the VirtualCenter client.

When you add multiple hosts, VirtualCenter identifies any naming conflicts that exist between virtual machines and alerts the system administrator, who can then decide upon a course of action. Configure the virtual machine display names. The name can be up to 80 characters long, and can contain alphanumeric characters and the underscore (_) and hyphen (-) characters. The name must also be unique across all virtual machines within a virtual machine group.

When VirtualCenter connects to a host, it does so as a privileged user. The individual VirtualCenter user does not necessarily need to be an administrative user on the host. Refer to Setting Access and Permissions for information on setting up VirtualCenter users.

A host can be managed by only one instance of the VirtualCenter management server.