Server Hosting and Management - Vsphere Web Client

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Last updated: Dec 11, 2019 by Elaine KeoghVersion comment
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If you have a virtual server hosted by CSCS, aside from SSH and RDP access, you can be granted access to the "physical" server using the VMware Vsphere Web Client.  Using the VMware Vsphere Web Client you can power on, power off, take a snapshot, manage your snapshots and amend settings for your virtual server.

Vsphere Web Client

Access to the Vsphere Web Client is via your web browser.   https://me-vsphere.medschl.cam.ac.uk:9443/vsphere-client/


To access the web client you will need to authenticate using your MINTS username and password.  If you are not aware of your MINTS username/password, please contact the CSCS service desk.

Once logged in you will be presented with the Web Client interface.

Accessing your server

Click on VMs and Templates 

Any accessible VMs and their respective containers will appear in the lefthand pane.

Left click the server you wish to access and the summary page of the server will appear in the main pane on the right


Click the Summary tab to get details of the server


Controls available for managing your server.

Select the Actions menu.  Which options are usable depends on the state of the VM.

Open Console :  Open a virtual console

Power On :  Start the VM

Shut Down Guest OS :  Stop the VM by gracefully shutting down the guest OS

Restart Guest OS :  Reboot the system by restarting the guest OS

Migrate :   This function is not available to VM managers

Take Snapshot :  Trigger a snapshot of the VM in its current state.

Revert to latest snapshot :  Change the live state of the VM back to the snapshot

Manage snapshots : View the snapshots and vert options fo this VM

Clone to Virtual Machine :  This function is not available to VM managers

Clone to Template : This function is not available to VM managers

Edit Settings : View and possibly edit the configuration of the associated VM hardware for this VM

Move to :  This function is not available to VM managers

Rename :   This function is not available to VM managers

Assign Tag :  This function is not available to VM managers

Remove Tag :   This function is not available to VM managers

Alarms :   This function is not available to VM managers

All vCenter Actions :  All available actions for this VM

All Virtual Storage Console Actions :   This function is not available to VM managers

All vCenter Orchestrator plugin Actions : This function is not available to VM managers

All vService Manager plugin Actions : This function is not available to VM managers

Update Manager :  This function is not available to VM managers