Specifications

Basic System Administration
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Two Approaches to Managing Virtual Machines
VMwareInfrastructureClient(VIClient)isaflexible,configurablesolutionfor
managingyourvirtualmachines.Therearetwoprimarymethodsformanagingyour
virtualmachines:
 DirectlythroughanESXServerhost(asingleorstandalonehost)thatcanmanage
onlythosevirtualmachines,andtheirresources,installedonit.
 ThroughaVirtualCenterServerthatmanagesmultiplevirtualmachinesandtheir
resourcesdistributedovermanyESXServerhosts.
ThefigurebelowillustratesthecomponentsinanESXServerVirtualInfrastructure.
Figure 1-1. VMware Infrastructure Components with an ESX Server Host
ThefigurebelowillustratesthecomponentsinaVirtualCenterServerVirtual
Infrastructure.
datastore
VM VM VM
VI Client
Host Agent
VI Client
ESX Server host