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Updated Information
This Basic System Administration is updated with each release of the product or when necessary.
This table provides the update history of the Basic System Administration.
Revision Description
EN-000105-08 Changed a point in “Configuring Communication Among ESX, vCenter Server, and the vSphere Client,”
on page 49 section.
EN-000105-07
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The topics “Windows Requirements for Guest Customization,” on page 174 and “Linux Requirements
for Guest Customization,” on page 175 now have reference to the vSphere Compatibility Matrixes
document for information on the list of operating system that are supported for guest OS cutomization.
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The topic “About Snapshots,” on page 201 now reflects that VMware does not support snapshots of
virtual machines configured with bus-sharing.
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In “Disk Metrics,” on page 331, corrected the table. The latency counters were marked as available for
V (virtual machines) and H (hosts), when they are actually only available for hosts.
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In “Memory Metrics,” on page 336, corrected the table. The sharedcommon counter was marked as
available for V (virtual machines) and H (hosts), when it is actually only available for hosts.
EN-000105-06
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In certain topics, removed references to Microsoft Outlook Express.
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In “Upgrade VMware Tools Manually,” on page 128, updated Step 5 to show that you do not have to
power-off the virtual machines when upgrading VMware Tools manually.
EN-000105-05
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In “Specify an IP Address Range,” on page 109, updated the incorrect IPv4 address from 10.209.60.13
to 10.20.60.13.
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In Chapter 17, “Using Snapshots,” on page 201, added information that you can use snapshot as a
restoration point during a linear or iterative process.
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In “About Snapshots,” on page 201, added a link to a KB article.
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In “Revert to Snapshot Command,” on page 205, added information about taking the snapshot when
the virtual machine is powered off.
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In “Collection Intervals,” on page 263, updated that ESXi retains real-time statistics for one hour instead
of 30 minutes.
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In “Disk Metrics,” on page 331, updated the Stats Type as rate and Unit as kiloBytesPerSecond in the
usage counter of the Table C-3 .
EN-000105-04
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In “Edit vApp Startup and Shutdown Options,” on page 106 the tab name is changed from Start up to
Start Order.
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A note added to “View vApp License Agreement,” on page 107 clarifies the condition required to view
the vApp license agreement.
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The alarms Virtual Machine CPU Ready, Virtual machine disk commands canceled, and Virtual
machine disk reset are removed from the Default VMware Alarms table in “Preconfigured VMware
Alarms,” on page 259.
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“How Metrics Are Stored in the vCenter Server Database,” on page 267 now reflects that the maximum
number of years for which the vCenter Server Database can store statistical data is 5 years.
EN-000105-03
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The list of supported guest operating systems in topic “Linux Requirements for Guest
Customization,” on page 175 has been revised.
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