Creating and Managing a vCenter Server Inventory
As a vSphere administrator, you'll spend a significant amount of time using the vSphere Web Client. You will spend a great deal of that time working with the various inventory views available in vCenter Server, so it's quite useful to first explain them.
Understanding Inventory Views and Objects
Every vCenter Server has one or more root objects; these are datacenter objects, which serve as a container for all other objects. Prior to adding an object to the vCenter Server inventory, you must create at least one datacenter object (you can have multiple datacenter objects in a single vCenter Server instance). The objects found within the datacenter object depend on which inventory view is active. The navigator provides a quick and easy reminder of which inventory view is currently active by displaying the four main inventory trees as tabs at the top. In the Hosts And Clusters view, you'll work with ESXi hosts, clusters, resource...
