vCenter managed hosts
VMware vCenter Server is a centralized management platform that provides extendibility and control of VMware vSphere hosts from a central console. In order to get full functionality, you must use vCenter Server for your vSphere hosts. It will simplify your overall management of the multiple vSphere hosts. In the following table, you can see the VMware vCenter Server management capabilities:
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A single vCenter can support up to: | |
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vSphere hosts |
1,000 |
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Powered on VMs |
10,000 |
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Hosts per cluster |
64 |
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VMs per cluster |
6,000 |
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In Linked Mode, you can have up to: | |
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vCenter server |
10 |
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Powered on VMs |
30,000 |
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Hosts per cluster |
64 |
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VMs per cluster |
8,000 |
Logging for an inventory service
Logging for an inventory service needs to be configured for a better troubleshooting experience. For this purpose, the logging level of vCenter Server Inventory Service should be set to Trace. Sometimes, when you use the vSphere web client, you cannot see the inventory tree loading in the client...
