Install additional vCenter Server components

Install additional vCenter Server components

– Besides vCenter Server there are several additional components you may wish to install. Full details on pages 204 thru 211 of the vSphere Installation and Setup document.

• vSphere Client– Windows program that you can use to configure the host and to operate its virtual machines
• vSphere Web Client – Allows you to connect to a vCenter Server system to manage an ESXi host through a web browser
• Update Manager Server – Allows for the patching of ESXi hosts as well as virtual machines. Can be installed on the same computer as vCenter Server or a different computer.
• vSphere ESXi Dump Collector – ESXi can be configured to dump its vmkernel memory to a network server instead of writing it to disk when the system has had a critical failure
  (Purple Screen of Death). ESXi Dump Collector can be used as the network server
• vSphere Syslog Collector – Allows ESXi hosts to be configured for their system logs to be captured on a network server
• vSphere Auto Deploy – Allows for the deployment and customization of ESXi hosts by loading the ESXi image into the hosts memory
• vSphereAuthentication Proxy – Enables ESXi hosts to join a domain without using Active Directory credentials. Enhances security for PXE-booted hosts and hosts that are provisioned using Auto Deploy, by removing the need to store Active Directory credentials in the host configuration.