VMware 4817V62 - vSphere - PC Administration Manual page 6

vSphere Basic System Administration
Edit a Template 167
Change Template Name 168
Deploy Virtual Machines from Templates 168
Convert Templates to Virtual Machines 169
Deleting Templates 169
Regain Templates 170
Clone Virtual Machines 170
Create a Scheduled Task to Clone a Virtual Machine 171
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Customizing Guest Operating Systems 173
Preparing for Guest Customization 173
Customize Windows During Cloning or Deployment 175
Customize Linux During Cloning or Deployment 176
Create a Customization Specification for Linux 177
Create a Customization Specification for Windows 177
Managing Customization Specification 179
Completing a Guest Operating System Customization 180
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Migrating Virtual Machines 183
Cold Migration 184
Migrating a Suspended Virtual Machine 184
Migration with VMotion 184
Migration with Storage VMotion 193
Migrate a Powered-Off or Suspended Virtual Machine 194
Migrate a Powered-On Virtual Machine with VMotion 195
Migrate a Virtual Machine with Storage VMotion 196
Storage VMotion Command-Line Syntax 198
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Using Snapshots 201
About Snapshots 201
Using the Snapshot Manager 204
Restore a Snapshot 205
System Administration
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Managing Users, Groups, Roles, and Permissions 209
Managing vSphere Users 209
Groups 210
Removing or Modifying Users and Groups 211
Best Practices for Users and Groups 211
Using Roles to Assign Privileges 211
Permissions 215
Best Practices for Roles and Permissions 222
Required Privileges for Common Tasks 223
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Monitoring Storage Resources 225
Working with Storage Reports 225
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