How to perform common tasks in the vSphere Web Client

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article contains information on performing common tasks in the vSphere Web Client.

Environment

VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.5.x
VMware vSphere Web Client 6.0.x
VMware vCenter Server 5.5.x
VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.0.x
VMware vCenter Server 6.0.x
VMware vSphere Web Client 5.5.x

Resolution

Common vCenter Server tasks using the vSphere Web Client:

Creating a Datacenter, Creating a Cluster, Adding an ESXi Host, and Licensing an ESXi Host:

For more information on the topics, see:

• The Create Data Centers section of the vCenter Server and Host Management guide.
• The Create Clusters section of the vCenter Server and Host Management guide.
• The Add a Host section of the vCenter Server and Host Management guide.
• The Configure License Settings for an ESXi Host section of the vCenter Server and Host Management guide.

Configuring HA and DRS, Viewing ESXi Host Alarms, Viewing Host Performance Charts, Viewing ESXi Host Events, Viewing ESXi Hosts Hardware Status, Edit vCenter Server Settings, Adjusting Performance Statistics Levels, Adjusting Events Retention Policy, Adjusting Logging Level and, Adding vCenter Server Permissions:

 

For more information on the topics, see:

• The Configuring vSphere HA Cluster Settings section of the vSphere Availability guide.
• The Monitor Hardware Health Status section of the vSphere Monitoring and Performance guide.
• The Overview Performance Charts section of the vSphere Monitoring and Performance guide.
• The Configure Advanced Settings section of the vCenter Server and Host Management.
• The Configure Statistics Collection Intervals in the vSphere Web Client section of the vCenter Server and Host Management.
• The Monitoring Events, Alarms, and Automated Actions section of the vSphere Monitoring and Performance guide.
• The vSphere Permissions and User Management Tasks section of the vSphere Security guide.

 

Create a virtual machine, Power-On a virtual machine, vMotion a virtual machine, Edit virtual machine Settings, Add a new disk to a virtual machine, Storage vMotion a virtual machine:

For more information on the topics, see:

• The Create a Virtual Machine Without a Template or Clone section of the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration guide.
• The Configuring Virtual Machine Options section of the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration guide.
• The Virtual Disk Configuration section of the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration guide.
• The Migrating Virtual Machines section of the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration.

View Tasks and Events, Enabling or Disabling ESXi Services, Starting and Stopping vCenter Server Services, Generating and Exporting Logs:

 

For more information on the topics, see:

• The View Events section of the vSphere Monitoring and Performance guide.
• The View Tasks section of the vCenter Server and Host Management.
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• The Start, Stop, and Restart Services section of the vCenter Server and Host Management.
• The Export System Log Files section of the vSphere Monitoring and Performance guide.

 

Common Storage tasks using the vSphere Web Client:

 

Adding a iSCSI Adapter, Configuring an iSCSI Adapter, Adding a Datastores, Creating Datastore Cluster, Enabling Storage DRS, Browsing Datastore, and Monitor Datastore Usage and Performance:

 

For more information on the topics, see:

 

• The Setting Up iSCSI Network section of the vSphere Storage guide.
• The Creating a Datastore Cluster section of the vSphere Resource Management guide.
• The Monitoring Inventory Objects with Performance Charts section of the vSphere Monitoring and Performance guide.
• The Use Datastore Browser section of the Working with Datastores guide.
• The Creating Datastores section of the vSphere Storage guide.

Common Networking tasks using the vSphere Web Client:

 

Creating Standard Switch's and Creating a VMkernel interface:

 

For more information on the topics, see:

• The Setting Up Networking with vSphere Standard Switches section of the vSphere Networking guide.

Creating Virtual Distributed Switches and adding hosts:

 

For more information on the topics, see:

• The Setting Up Networking with vSphere Distributed Switches section of the vSphere Networking guide.

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