Adding VMware ESX hosts or host clusters to VMM
Now that you've integrated vCenter with VMM, you can start adding the ESX hosts that are to be managed by VMM.
Getting ready
The following is a list of some prerequisites and recommendations that need to be taken into account when adding VMware hosts to VMM 2012 R2:
- The VMware vCenter Server that manages the ESX hosts must already be configured and integrated into VMM
- The host must run a supported version of VMware vSphere. For more information, refer to Chapter 1, VMM 2012 Architecture
- If encryption is required for communication between VMM and the vSphere hosts, a certificate and public key for each managed ESX/ESXi host will be needed
- Although it is not a requirement, you can create a host group to ...
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