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Date: Mon Dec 10 18:24:14 2012
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+    <h1 class="title">VMware Configuration</h1>
+    <p><strong>VMware Configuration</strong></p>
+<p><em>Terminology</em></p>
+<p><em>VM Host</em></p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">A</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="n">host</span> <span class="n">is</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">physical</span> <span class="n">computer</span> <span class="n">running</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">VMware</span> <span class="n">hypervisor</span>
+<span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">A</span> <span class="n">VCL</span> <span class="n">computer</span> <span class="n">entry</span> <span class="n">must</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">added</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="nb">each</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="n">host</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Manage</span> <span class="n">Computers</span> <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">Edit</span> <span class="n">Computer</span> <span class="n">Information</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">After</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">computer</span> <span class="n">has</span> <span class="n">been</span> <span class="n">added</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="n">VCL</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">it</span> <span class="n">is</span> <span class="n">designated</span> <span class="n">as</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="n">host</span> <span class="n">by</span> <span class="n">changing</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">computer</span> <span class="n">state</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="n">vmhostinuse</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Manage</span> <span class="n">Computers</span> <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">Computer</span> <span class="n">Utilities</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</pre></div>
+
+
+<p><em>VM</em></p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">A</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="n">is</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">virtual</span> <span class="n">machine</span> <span class="n">managed</span> <span class="n">by</span> <span class="n">VCL</span>
+<span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">A</span> <span class="n">computer</span> <span class="n">entry</span> <span class="n">must</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">added</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="n">VCL</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="nb">each</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Manage</span> <span class="n">Computers</span> <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">Edit</span> <span class="n">Computer</span> <span class="n">Information</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">Each</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="n">must</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">assigned</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="n">host</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Virtual</span> <span class="n">Hosts</span> <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="n">Hosts</span> <span class="n">tab</span> <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">Configure</span> <span class="n">Host</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">VMs</span> <span class="k">do</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">need</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">created</span> <span class="n">manually</span> <span class="n">in</span> <span class="n">VMware</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">VCL</span> <span class="n">automatically</span> <span class="n">creates</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="n">deletes</span> <span class="n">VMs</span>
+</pre></div>
+
+
+<p><em>VM Host Profile</em></p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">A</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="n">host</span> <span class="n">profile</span> <span class="n">contains</span> <span class="n">several</span> <span class="n">parameters</span> <span class="n">which</span> <span class="n">describe</span> <span class="n">how</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="n">host</span> <span class="n">is</span> <span class="n">configured</span> <span class="n">so</span> <span class="n">that</span> <span class="n">VCL</span> <span class="n">knows</span> <span class="n">how</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="n">manage</span> <span class="n">it</span>
+<span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">Each</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="n">host</span> <span class="n">is</span> <span class="n">assigned</span> <span class="n">a</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="n">host</span> <span class="n">profile</span>
+<span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">A</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="n">host</span> <span class="n">profile</span> <span class="n">may</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">assigned</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="n">multiple</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="n">hosts</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">they</span> <span class="n">are</span> <span class="n">configured</span> <span class="n">identically</span>
+<span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="n">host</span> <span class="n">profiles</span> <span class="n">may</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">added</span> <span class="ow">or</span> <span class="n">modified</span> <span class="n">via</span> <span class="n">Virtual</span> <span class="n">Hosts</span> <span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="n">Host</span> <span class="n">Profiles</span> <span class="n">tab</span>
+</pre></div>
+
+
+<p><em>VMware Products Supported</em>
+VMware Server 2.x
+VMware ESX 3.5 - 4.x
+VMware ESXi 4.x
+VMware ESXi 5.x</p>
+<p><em>VM Host Management Options</em></p>
+<p>The VCL management node must be able to control the VM host and the VMs running on it.  VMware provides several different ways of doing this.  VCL currently supports the following methods for remote VM host management:</p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">VMware</span> <span class="n">vSphere</span> <span class="n">SDK</span>
+<span class="o">*</span> <span class="n">Use</span> <span class="n">SSH</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="n">execute</span> <span class="n">commands</span> <span class="n">directly</span> <span class="n">on</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">VM</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">officially</span> <span class="n">supported</span> <span class="n">by</span> <span class="n">VMware</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</pre></div>
+
+
+<p>The vSphere SDK can only be used if management is not restricted due to the VMware license key installed on the host.  This mainly affects hosts running the free version of ESXi.  Remote management using any of the methods supported by VMware is restricted once a free license key is entered.</p>
+<p>If remote management is restricted, the VM host can be managed if SSH is enabled on it.  VCL will execute vim-cmd and other commands on the VM host via SSH. </p>
+<p><em>How to enable SSH on the VM host:</em></p>
+<p><em>VMware Server 2.x</em></p>
+<p>Enable the SSH daemon and configure identity key authentication according to the underlying VM host OS</p>
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