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jwc1972
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‎04-01-2011 02:21 AM

Where Management Tab ?

Hello

We are running VMware 4.0 Vsphere Client 4.0.0  on the help tab they a bit about schedule snapshots, Where is this?

Access the Make a Virtual Machine Snapshot Wizard
You can open the wizard from the vCenter Home Page.
Procedure
1
On the navigation bar, select Home > Management > Scheduled Tasks.
2
Select File > New > Scheduled Task.
3
In the Select a Task to Schedule dialog box, select Make a Snapshot of a Virtual Machine and click OK
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Dave_Mishchenko
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‎04-01-2011 02:34 AM

Scheduled Tasks are a feature of vCenter Server.  The option is not available when you're managing a stand alone host or connecting directly to a host (that is managed by vCenter).  If you don't have vCenter then you could schedule something to run on a scheduled basis in the console.

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jwc1972
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‎04-01-2011 02:36 AM

Cheers for that, but why is this in the help file for vsphere? 

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jwc1972
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‎04-01-2011 02:40 AM

Hello

Yes I have two vm running from vsphere client do I need to download vcentre? What is Vcentre? I thought vsphere was the console to manage VMware VM

Cheers

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Dave_Mishchenko
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‎04-01-2011 02:48 AM

If you have a single host, you can license it with the free edition.  You then use the vSphere client to connect directly to the host.

vCenter is a management server.  You can run it on a physical box or as a VM.  When you have it deployed, you connect to vCenter with the vSphere client and manage your hosts in a single view (rather than connecting directly to each of your hosts).  

You can learn more about vCenter here - http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/small-business/buy.html.

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