After VMware ESX Server installation has been completed, including all major components of the VMware Infrastructure, you can perform the following tasks to manage your VMware infrastructure components:
- Use the VI client to manage your ESX Server hosts either as a group through VirtualCenter or individually by connecting directly to the host.
- Set up a datacenter to bring one or more ESX Server hosts under VirtualCenter management, create virtual machines, and determine how you want to organize virtual machines and manage resources.
- Create a virtual machine manually, from templates, or by cloning existing virtual machines.
- Configure permissions and roles for users to allocate access to VirtualCenter, its administrative functions, and its resources.
- Use resource pools to partition available CPU and memory resources hierarchically.
- Configure network connections to ensure that virtual machine traffic does not share a network adapter with the service console for security purposes.
- Install a guest operating system in a virtual machine.
- Manage virtual machines to learn how to power them on and off.
- Monitor the status of your virtual infrastructure using tasks and events.
- Schedule automated tasks to perform actions at designated times.
- Configure alarm notification messages to be sent when selected events occur to or on hosts or virtual machines.