So I have ESXi running on a optiplex to learn. VMware vSphere Client running on my local machine. Do I need a separate box to run Vcenter? This is kind of confusing. Please explain.
Thanks,
Sicoir Computers
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VCenter
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Sicoir Computers,
You're normally going to see that vSphere client is the management interface that is run on the client computers. vCenter is is the HOST for the VMs you'll create. ESXi has from the beginning not allowed you to run the client manager on the same machine as where you host your VMs since:
"vCenter Server unifies resources from individual hosts so that those resources can be shared among virtual machines in the entire datacenter. It accomplishes this by managing the assignment of virtual machines to the hosts and the assignment of resources to the virtual machines within a given host based on the policies that the system administrator sets." vmWare website
Let us know if you have any other questions!
Cordially,
Ronnie Wong
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I'm going through the videos at the moment, so this is fresh in my mind. In real life you will want to have vCenter in a separate machine. For learning, you can use your system to bring up a virtual machine for vCenter Server.
Downloading and deploying the vCenter Server Appliance 5.x (2007619)
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2007619
