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8. VMware vCenter

Luciano Patrão1  
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Selfkant, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
 

In Chapter 7, we discussed virtual machines, including what they are, their configurations, and how to create them. We are now ready to switch our configuration from ESXi host management to central management using VMware vCenter. In vCenter, we can manage multiple ESXi hosts and create ESXi Clusters, Datastore Clusters, Distributed Switches, etc. So, all the chapters from here forward will focus on creating a VMware environment through vCenter.

8.1 What Is VMware vCenter?

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