Managing virtual machines in ESI

To connect a virtual machine so that it can be managed in ESI:

  1. In the left pane of the ESI window, select Hypervisors and one of the hypervisor servers.

    1. Click Virtual Machines in the center pane and select a virtual machine from the list.

  1. In the Actions pane, click Connect to Host.

    Note: If the virtual host is already in ESI, click Connect to Host to open the pane that displays the host information.

  1. Click Yes to confirm that you want to manage this virtual machine host in ESI.

  2. The Add Host dialog box appears.

  1. Review the details for the IP address or host name.

Note: Adding hosts provides more information about adding a host.

  1. Click Test Connection to test the connection before adding it.

  2. Click Add.

  3. The host name appears in the center pane.

 

Related links

 

 Creating disks for virtual machines

 ESI overview

 Attaching virtual disks

 Home window

 Removing virtual disks

 

 Viewing snapshot LUNs

 

 Deleting snapshot LUNs