9.8. Solutions Fast Track 9.8.1. 9.8.1.1. Tools for Administering the Virtual Infrastructure  The VirtualCenter Client is the interface used to manage the virtual infrastructure through the VirtualCenter Server.- The Management Interface (MUI) and Service Console are used to administer ESX Server with or without VirtualCenter in the environment.
- The VMware Remote Console is used to remotely connect to and manage VMs. It's similar to a KVM switch in your data center, but is implemented as software.
9.8.1.2. Understanding VirtualCenter Terms and Concepts - Managed components include virtualization platforms, managed hosts, virtual machines, and datastores.
- Software components include the VirtualCenter Server, VirtualCenter Web service, VirtualCenter Client, VirtualCenter database, VirtualCenter agents, and Vmotion.
- Organizational components include server farms, farm groups, farms, hosts, virtual machine groups, and virtual machines
- Functional components include inventory, scheduled tasks, templates, alarms, and events.
9.8.1.3. Installation and Configuration of VirtualCenter 1.2 - VirtualCenter supports Microsoft Access, SQL Server, and Oracle database platforms.
- Installing VirtualCenter requires an ODBC connection to the VirtualCenter database.
- VirtualCenter is a Windows-based application that requires the .NET Framework.
- VirtualCenter requires licenses for the VirtualCenter Server, VMotion, and VirtualCenter Agents.
9.8.1.4. Using VirtualCenter to Administer Your Virtual Infrastructure - VirtualCenter can be used to manage hundreds of managed hosts and thousands of virtual machines.
- Clones can be created from a VM in the VirtualCenter inventory or from a template.
- Managed hosts have alarms for CPU, memory, and state.
- The following roles exist within VirtualCenter: VirtualCenter administrator, virtual machine administrator, virtual machine user, and Read-Only user.
- VMs have alarms for CPU, memory, state, and heartbeat.
- You can schedule the following tasks within VirtualCenter:
- Deploy a virtual machine from a template
- Clone an existing virtual machine
- Change the power status of a virtual machine
- Migrate a virtual machine
- Migrate a virtual machine with VMotion
- Change resource settings of a virtual machine
9.8.1.5. Using the Management Interface and Service Console to Administer the Virtual Infrastructure - ESX Server can be integrated with Active Directory by configuring the pluggable authentication module.
- The esxtop and vmkusage utilities are used to monitor the performance of VMs on your ESX Server.
- You use CPU, memory, and disk shares to allocate resources to virtual machines.
- You can specify minimum CPU and memory requirements for VMs that are sensitive to resource requirements.
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