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Chapter 6 Installing VMware Infrastructure Management

Connecting to Your Managed Hosts Through a Firewall

Port902isthedefaultportthatVirtualCenterusestosenddatatothemanagedhosts.

IfyouhaveafirewallbetweenyourVirtualCenter ServerandVirtualCentermanaged

host,youmustconfigureameansfortheVirtualCenter Servertosenddatatothe

VirtualCentermanagedhost.

Ifyouhaveafirewallbetweentwo

VirtualCentermanagedhostsandyouwantto

performanysourceortargetactivities,suchasmigrationorcloning,youmust

configureameansforthemanagedhoststoreceivedata.

ManagedhostsalsosendaregularheartbeatoverUDPport902tothe

VirtualCenter Server.Thisportmustnotbeblocked

byfirewalls.

To enable a VirtualCenter managed host to receive data on the default port

Openport902inthefirewalltoallowdatatransfertotheVirtualCentermanagedhost

fromtheVirtualCenter ServeroranotherVirtualCentermanagedhost.Consultyour

firewallsystemadministratorforadditionalinformationonconfiguringtheports.

Connecting Hosts with the License Server Through a Firewall

Ports27000and27010arethedefaultportsthatthelicenseserverusestocommunicate

withESX Serverhosts.IfyouareusingcentralizedlicensingwithyourESX Serverhosts

andhaveafirewallbetweenyourESX Serverhostsandyourlicenseserver,openthese

ports.

Youcanchangethedefaultportsbyediting

thelicensefile.Whenyoueditthelicense

file,useanASCIItexteditor.Validatetheeditedlicensefileat

http://www.vmware.com/checklicense/.Afterchangingtheports,openthenewports

youchoseinthefirewall.Consultyourfirewallsystemadministratorforadditional

informationonconfiguringtheports.Forinformationonconfiguring

theESX Server

firewall,seetheServerConfigurationGuide.

Uninstalling VMware Infrastructure Components

TheVMwareInfrastructurecomponentsareuninstalledseparately,eveniftheyareon

thesamemachine.YoumusthaveAdministratorprivilegestouninstallthe

VirtualCentercomponent.

CAUTIONIfyoutrytouninstalltheVirtualCenter Serverwhileitisrunning,youmust

confirmthatyouwanttotakeaction.Uninstallinginthiswaycausesadisruptiontoany

VI Clientsconnectedtotheservice.Thiscancausedataloss.