About vSphere Virtual Machine Administration

vSphere Virtual Machine Administration describes how to create, configure, and manage virtual machines in the VMware vSphere^® environment.

In addition, this information provides introductions to the tasks that you can do within the system as well as cross-references to the information that describes the tasks.

This information focuses on managing virtual machines in the VMware vSphere Web Client and includes the following information.

• Creating and deploying virtual machines, templates, and clones
• Deploying OVF templates
• Configuring virtual machine hardware and options
• Managing multitiered applications with VMware vSphere vApp
• Monitoring solutions with the vCenter Solution Manager
• Managing virtual machines, including using snapshots
• Upgrading virtual machines

vSphere Virtual Machine Administration covers VMware ESXi™ and VMware vCenter Server^®.

Intended Audience

This information is written for experienced Windows or Linux system administrators who are familiar with virtualization.