Introduction To Vmware Vsphere - VMware ESX 4.0 - INSTALLATION GUIDE UPDATE 1 Installation Manual

Introduction to VMware vSphere

These topics describe VMware vSphere.
The following figure illustrates the basic components of VMware vSphere.
Figure 1-1. VMware vSphere Components
vSphere Web Access
machines
ESX hosts
Each vCenter Server system manages multiple ESX hosts. You can run the vSphere Client and vSphere Web
Access on multiple workstations.
The major VMware vSphere components are:
VMware ESX
vCenter Server
VMware, Inc.
vSphere Client
machines
vCenter Server
and
additional modules
Provides a virtualization layer that abstracts the processor, memory, storage,
and networking resources of the physical host into multiple virtual machines.
A service that acts as a central administrator for ESX/ESXi hosts connected on
a network. This service directs actions on the virtual machines and the hosts.
The vCenter Server is the working core of vCenter. You can have multiple
vCenter Server systems joined to a Linked Mode group. This allows you to log
in to any single instance of vCenter Server and view and manage the
inventories of all the vCenter Server systems in the group.
databases
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