vCenter Server

VMware vCenter is a required component of a VMware View solution as the View Connection Server interacts with the underlying Virtual Infrastructure (VI) through vCenter Web Service (typically over port 443). vCenter is also responsible for the complementary components of a View solution provided by VMware vSphere, including vMotion and DRS (used to balance the virtual desktop load on the physical hosts). When a customer purchases View, VMware vCenter is automatically included and does not need to be purchased via a separate stock keeping unit (SKU). In the environments that leverage vSphere for server virtualization, vCenter Server is likely to already exist.

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It would not be a good idea to use the same vCenter that manages the ...

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