Managing Virtual Machines

Abstract

A virtual machine is a software computer (just like a physical computer), which runs an operating system and applications. Virtual machines run on the VMware vSphere Hypervisor. You can use the same VMware vSphere Hypervisor to run several virtual machines. Use the vSphere Client GUI to create and manage virtual machines. Use the vCenter Server to manage multiple VMware vSphere Hypervisor hosts. This chapter contains the following section: • Downloading and Installing the vSphere Client, page 6-1 • Downloading the vCenter Server, page 6-4 • Managing the Cisco SRE Service Module with vCenter, page 6-4 • Important Information About Creating Virtual Machines, page 6-5 • Information About vSwitches, page 6-7 • VMware vSphere Hypervisor Advanced Customization, page 6-7