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Thefollowingpluginsareavailable:
VMwareConverter–Enablesyoutoconvertphysicalorvirtualmachinesinto
ESX Servervirtualmachines.Afterconvertingthevirtualmachines,youcan
addthemtoyourVirtualCenterinventory.
VMwareUpdateManager–Providessecuritymonitoringandpatching
supportforESX Serverhostsandvirtualmachines.
Inadditiontoanindependentservercomponentinstallation,thisrelease
supportsthecombinedinstallationfortheVirtualCenter ServerandUpdate
Manager.See “InstallingVMwareInfrastructureManagementSoftware”on
page 72.Ifyouareupgrading,seetheUpgrade
Guide.Forinformationon
UpdateManager,seetheUpdate ManagerAdministrationGuide.
VI Client–TheVI ClientinstallsonaWindowsmachineandistheprimary
methodofinteractionwithVMw areInfrastructure.TheVI Clientactsas:
Aconsoletooperatevirtualmachines.
AnadministrationinterfaceintotheVirtualCenter ServersandESX Server
hosts.
TheVI ClientisdownloadablefromtheVirtualCenter ServerandESX Server
hosts.TheVI Clientinstallationincludesdocumentationforadministratorsandfor
consoleusers.See “InstallingVMwareInfrastructureManagement”onpage 65.
WebAccess–AbrowserletsyoudownloadtheVI Clientfromthe
VirtualCenter ServerorESX Serverhosts.Whenyouhaveappropriatelogin
credentials,WebAccessalsoletsyouperformlimitedmanagementofyour
VirtualCenter ServerandESX Serverhosts.
Licenseserver–ThisserverinstallsonaWindowssystemtoauthorizethe
VirtualCenter ServersandESX Serverhostsappropriatelyforyourlicensing
agreement.AdministratorsmakechangestosoftwarelicensesusingtheVI Client.
See “SettingUpCentralizedLicensing”onpage 49.
Database–TheVirtualCenter Serverusesadatabasetoorganizeallthe
configurationdatafortheVMwareInfrastructureenvironment.Forsmall
deployments,thebundledMicrosoftSQLServer2005Expressdatabaseletsyouset
upalimitednumbersofhostsandvirtualmachines(5hostsand50virtual
machines).VirtualCentersupportsseveralother
databaseproductsforlarger
deployments.See “PreparingtheVirtualCenter ServerDatabase”onpage 65.
