connect esxi to vcenter

[gymiv]

I have 2 esxi 5 servers I have installed vcenter on a virtual machine on one of the esxi servers. How do i connect vserver to the esxi machines?

[Dave_Mishchenko]

Once you have vCenter installed, you'll start the vSphere client and connect to the hostname or IP for the vCenter server (instead of the ESXi hosts).  You'll then create a new datacenter under the vCenter host (in the navigation pane on the left side of the screen).  After you've created a datacenter, you can either create a cluster (and then add your hosts) or just add your hosts.

[gymiv]

How do i connect to the hostname or ip? Where is the ability to do that.

[Troy_Clavell]

see if this helps... You may want to start around page 208

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-install...

[Dave_Mishchenko]

On the vSphere client login screen it asks for;

IP address / Name:   -  you'll enter the IP address or hostname (assuming you have DNS or some name resolution working) of the vCenter host

User name - a local administrator account for the vCenter server

Password - for the above account

[gymiv]

I figured it out once your in vcenter create a datastore, name it, right click on the datastore to add hosts. thanks 

[Troy_Clavell · Accepted solution]

you may think about creating a cluster under your datacenter.  This way, if you are licensed for it, you can utilize HA/DRS.  You would just "add host" to the cluster.