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You're reading from VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook If you prefer practice to theory then this is the ideal book for learning how to install and configure VMware vSphere components. Packed with recipes, it's a hands-on tutorial and reference guide for this unbeatable virtualization product.

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2013

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849684026

Length 466 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

vSphere

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Abhilash G B

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

1. Upgrading to vSphere 5.1 FREE CHAPTER

2. Performing a Fresh Installation of vSphere 5.1

3. vSphere Auto Deploy

4. ESXi Image Builder

5. Creating and Managing VMFS Datastores

6. Managing iSCSI and NFS Storage

7. Profile-driven Storage and Storage I/O Control

8. Configuring the vSphere Network

9. Creating and Managing Virtual Machines

10. Configuring vSphere HA

11. Configuring vSphere DRS, DPM, and VMware EVC

12. Upgrading and Patching using vSphere Update Manager

13. Using vSphere Management Assistant (vMA 5.1)

Index

Installing the vSphere Update Manager plugin

For you to be able to manage and configure the Update Manager, you need to install a plugin for use with vCenter Server and enable it.

Note

The vSphere Update Manage plugin is not supported with vSphere 5.1 Web Client. This might change in the future releases, but for now we need to use the vSphere Windows Client.

How to do it...

The following procedure will help you install and enable the Update Manager plugin for the vSphere Client:

Connect to the vCenter Sever and navigate to Plug-ins | Manage Plug-ins….
At the Plug-in Manager window, you will see VMware vSphere Update Manager Extension under Available Plug-ins. Click on Download and Install… to install the plugin.
Run through the wizard to finish the plugin installation.
If the installation completes successfully, you should see the plugin listed under Installed Plug-ins.
The vCenter's home inventory should list the Update Manager under Solutions and Applications.