VMware VC-VLM4-C - vCenter Lab Manager User Manual page 172

Lab Manager User's Guide
VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
A feature that balances virtual machine workloads across ESX hosts using the vCenter and VMotion
products. VMware DRS detects when virtual machine activity saturates an ESX host and triggers
automated VMotion live migrations, moving running virtual machines to other ESX nodes so that all
resource commitments are met.
VMware ESX
A virtualization layer run on physical servers that abstracts processor, memory, storage, and networking
resources into multiple virtual machines. ESX is a component of VMware vSphere.
Lab Manager requires ESX hosts.
VMware High Availability (VMware HA)
Supports distributed availability services in an environment that includes ESX and vCenter. If you
configured VMware HA and one of the hosts managed by vCenter Server goes down, all virtual machines
on that host are immediately restarted on another host.
See also DRS (VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler), virtual machine disk (.vmdk).
VMware vSphere
A software suite, including ESX and vCenter, that virtualizes servers, storage, and networking and
enables multiple unmodified operating systems and their applications to run independently in virtual
machines while sharing physical resources. The suite delivers comprehensive virtualization,
management, resource optimization, application availability, and operational automation capabilities.
See also VMware vCenter (vCenter), VMware ESX.
VMware vSphere Client
A user interface that runs locally in a Windows machine and provides access to the virtual machine's
display. vSphere Client runs on a networked machine that does not need to be the same machine as the
vCenter Server.
VMware Remote MKS Plugin
An application that embeds in the browser to facilitate interaction with a remote machine. This
application sends mouse, keyboard, and screen data back and forth across the network.
VMware Tools
A suite of utilities and drivers that enhances the performance and functionality of your guest operating
system. Key features of VMware Tools include some or all of the following, depending on your guest
operating system: an SVGA driver, a mouse driver, and the VMware Tools control panel.
Guest customization in Lab Manager requires VMware Tools.
VMware vCenter (vCenter)
A software component of VMware vSphere for deploying and managing virtual machines across the
datacenter. With vCenter, datacenters can instantly provision servers, globally manage resources, and
eliminate scheduled downtime for hardware maintenance.
See also virtual machine disk (.vmdk).
.vmx
See virtual router.
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