vmware ESX -5 Vitual center architecture (VC architecture)

 

Vitual center architecture (VC architecture)
according to the vmware website,virtual center

is  composed of five main components
  1. virtualcenter management server
   the central control node for configuring,

provisioning and manageing virtualized IT

environments the management server runs as a

serivce on  MS windows 2000. xp professional

and win2003
   2. virtualcentre database is used to store

persistent information about the physical

servers.resourece pools and virtual machines

managed by virtualcenter management server.
the database resides on standard versions of

oracle, MS SQL server, or MSDE
  3.virtual insfrastructure client allows

adminstrator and users to connect remotely to

the vitualcenter management server or individual

ESX servers from any windows PC
   4.Virtualcenter agent connects vmware esx

server with the virtualcenter management server
   5. virtual infrastructure web access allows

virtual machine management and access to

virtual machine graphical consoles without

installing a client.
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 Installing Virtual Center
   1. Database server
   2. license server
   3. virtual center server
   4. VC client
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