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VirtualCenter Managed Host Requirements

The VirtualCenter registered and managed hosts must be running the following virtualization platforms:

  • VMware ESX Server, version 2.0.1 or later
  • VMware GSX Server, version 3.1 or later
  • VMware Server, version 1.0 or later

    • The IP address that VirtualCenter server uses to connect to a managed host must be accessible from all other managed hosts. For example, if a managed host H1 has multiple NICs with IP addresses, such as x.x.x.x1 and x.x.x.x2, but DNS resolves H1 to x.x.x.x1 and the VirtualCenter server connects to the managed host at that IP address, then x.x.x.x1 must be reachable from all other managed hosts.

    To make sure that a host IP address used by the VirtualCenter is accessible to another host:

    1. Log on to the server running VirtualCenterserver and perform a DNS lookup of H1 and type at a command prompt:

    nslookup H1

    The example prints the IP address x.x.x.x1.

    2. Log on to another managed host and type at a command prompt:

    ping x.x.x.x1

    The ping should report the number of successful packets returned.

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