Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Move a VM with vMotion.
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Move a VM's virtual disks with Storage vMotion.
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Create a VM.
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Make a snapshot of a VM.
Add a host.
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Change the power settings for a cluster.
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Change resource settings for a resource pool or VM.
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Check compliance for a proi le.
As you can see, vCenter Server supports quite a list of tasks you can schedule to run auto-
matically. Because the information required for each scheduled task varies, the wizards are
different for each of the tasks. Let's take a look at one task that you might i nd quite useful to
schedule: adding a host.
Why might you want to schedule a task to add a host? Perhaps you know that you will be
adding a host to vCenter Server but you want to add it after hours. You can schedule a task
to add the host to vCenter Server at a later time, although keep in mind that the host must be
reachable and responding when the task is created.
Perform the following steps to create a scheduled task to add a host to vCenter Server:
1.
Launch the vSphere Web Client, if it is not already running, and connect to a vCenter
Server instance.
2.
After you connect to vCenter Server, navigate to the Scheduled Tasks area of the Hosts
And Clusters view by selecting a cluster and then choosing Manage
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Scheduled Tasks.
This example would also work by selecting a datacenter instead of a cluster.
3.
Select Schedule A New Task from within the content area.
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From the list of tasks to schedule, select Add Host.
5.
The Add Host Wizard starts.
6.
Supply the hostname, username, and password to connect to the host, just as if you were
adding the host manually.
7.
When prompted to accept the host's SHA1 i ngerprint, click Yes.
8.
The next three or four steps in the wizard—three steps for ESX, four steps for ESXi—are
the same as adding the host manually. Click Next after each step until you come to the
point of scheduling the task.
9.
Supply a task name and task description, and click the Change button. The Coni gure
Scheduler pop-up is fairly self-explanatory, but you can run the task now, after startup,
