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SSD as opposed to traditional disks is much faster, and this area allows you to control which
SSD-backed datastores may be used for swapping.
Networking Subsection
The following areas are available in the Networking subsection of the Manage tab:
Virtual Switches
In Chapter 5, we'll explore the functionality found in this area. You'll
coni gure network connectivity to both standard and distributed virtual switches in here and
within the Network view.
Virtual Adapters
The Virtual Adapters area is where you can coni gure different network
interfaces to the ESXi host to use for Management, vMotion, and Fault Tolerance, for example.
Physical Adapters
The Network Adapters area in the Hardware section of the Coni guration
tab provides read-only information on the network adapters that are installed in the selected
ESXi host.
TCP/IP Coni guration
In this area, you can view and change the DNS and routing coni gu-
ration for the selected ESXi host.
Advanced
In this area, you can view advanced options such as IPv6 coni guration.
Storage Subsection
The following areas are available in the Storage subsection of the Manage tab.
Storage Adapters
This area provides information on the various storage adapters installed
in the ESXi host as well as information on storage resources connected to those adapters.
Storage Devices
The Storage Devices area shows storage LUN and device mapping along
with their relative paths to the host. Devices in here generally have a datastore on top of them
that can be viewed in the Storage view. This is more of a logical view of storage, whereas the
Storage Adapter area described earlier is more physical in nature.
As you can see, vCenter Server provides all the tools that most administrators will need
to manage ESXi hosts. Although these host-management tools are visible in the Hosts And
Clusters view, several of vCenter Server's other management features are found in the multiple
views.
Using Scheduled Tasks
Earlier in this chapter we explained how the vSphere Web Client often displayed the UI depend-
ing on the context of the item selected. Scheduled Tasks is a feature that's available from many
areas, including vCenter.
From the Navigator, select Manage
➢
Scheduled Tasks to display the Scheduled Tasks area of
vCenter Server.
From here, you can create jobs to run based on a dei ned logic. You can schedule the follow-
ing list of tasks:
Change the power state of a VM.
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Clone a VM.
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Deploy a VM from a template.
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