Data center can be accessed via three different methods:

• VMWare Host Client : Direct management of ESXi Hosts is managed.
• VSphere Client : HTML5 based, accessed through browser.
• VSphere Web Client : It is based on Adobe flex . It is accessed through browser.

Login to Talos network where we are going to build our architecture.

Select CLient or webclient (Client is user friendly)

Task 1: VMSphere Client

Step1: Connect to CLient and explore options open Hosts and clusters >Select ESXi1

• Hypervisor: ESXi6.7
• Logical Processors:16
• NICs -4

Expand Hardware and Configurations

Step2: Select Local01-2 datastore>Summary tab to view the details of database

Details pane located on the down of Datastore helps with details like Type,No.of hosts connected, Virtuals machines stored.

Task2: Navigate vSphere Web Client

Step1: CLick on ESXi >Summary> to verify the details of hypervisor, model and NIC’s

Step2: locate datastores and click on configure to view details like capacity and datastore capabilities .

To observe the details of ESXi1 :

check the alarms window at the right corner which can be changed in layout settings

Getting started pages will describe the details of service and

Hide all getting started pages in help option to remove tabs from services

Critical Thinking: Adobe Web client has more options compared to Client, since the interface provides visibility to work in progress tasks, statuses of tasks and recent tasks in different tabs which would be easy to monitor the recent changes and understand the current situation of the processes. Alarms can be configured and monitored as well in webclient, However, if the user just wants a simple user friendly access with important features like ESXi hosts and VM’s to manage , Client access is preferred over WebCLient.

Adobe is going to end in 2020 by the company, so Webclient cannot run on Adobe anymore, migration is needed.