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• So you can create virtual machines from the VirtualCenter client.
• So you can edit the virtual network configuration of an existing virtual machine
from the VirtualCenter client.
Note: If you configure virtual machines from the VirtualCenter client, you
cannot take advantage of GSX Server features like snapshots.
If the adapter has no label, VirtualCenter cannot recognize the adapter. If a virtual
machine is configured for a network name that does not exist, the virtual network
adapter is disconnected when you power on the virtual machine.
You can create labels for the existing default virtual network adapters — like VMnet0,
the default bridged network adapter, or VMnet8, the default NAT adapter. You
configure the adapters in GSX Server. You can configure each adapter with bridged,
host-only, NAT or custom networking. The type of networking configuration is
irrelevant to VirtualCenter. VirtualCenter is concerned with the network label only.
Note: If you intend to create and manage all your virtual machines from the
VirtualCenter client, you should assign unique labels to each host-only adapter on a
GSX Server host. This way, you can easily identify on which host each host-only
network resides. However, if you have a GSX Server host where all the virtual machines
use host-only networking, you could decide to not give the host-only adapter a
network label.
For information on configuring new virtual network adapters, see Adding and
Modifying Virtual Network Adapters in the VMware GSX Server Virtual Machine Guide.
For more information on managing GSX Server virtual machines with VirtualCenter,
see
Using VirtualCenter to Manage GSX Server Virtual Machines on page 169 .
Once your virtual network adapters are configured to your liking, create labels for each
adapter so VirtualCenter can correctly manage the virtual machines on the host.
Creating Network Labels from the VMware Virtual Machine Console
To create network labels for virtual machines managed by VirtualCenter, complete the
following steps in a console.
1. Connect to the GSX Server host with a console, then choose Host > Settings.
The Host Settings dialog box appears.