Labs 5 and 6

Lab 5

In this lab I had to browse through the HTML5 and Flash vSphere clients. This was over pretty quickly as I am already very familiar with both interfaces and the exercises were very short. After using them for a bit you learn to understand how the interfaces have a few differences. Sometimes one interface shows stuff the other doesn't, and sometimes certain tasks will only work in one of the interfaces. 

HTML5 host summary:

 

HTML5 datastore summary:

Flash host summary:

Flash datastore s0ummary:

Layout:

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Lab 6

For this lab I had to create some folders on the VCSA. Folders are quite easy to make and are a great way to organise resources. 

Q1. What is the difference between the menu commands in the drop-down menus of the LabVMs folder and the Lab Servers folder?

The difference is that the LabVMs folder shows options for creating and managing VMs and Templates, and the Lab Servers folder shows options for adding hosts and clusters. This reflects the type of folder each folder is. There is no generic folder so you need to be clear on the purpose of each folder type.