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user5898505
user5898505

Reputation: 21

Difference between vCenter and vSphere

What is the difference between vCenter and vSphere? And which one should I use if I want to access a list of VMs and templates? Will they have different IP addresses?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 996

Answers (3)

K.Abebe
K.Abebe

Reputation: 11

If you are only managing a single host, vSphere client is simple to use. If your virtual environment consists of multiple hosts, vCenter allows you to manage all of them in one interface.

Upvotes: 0

Jo Shepherd
Jo Shepherd

Reputation: 171

vCenter is a server that manages VMs, datastores, hosts, etc...

vSphere is an app that enables you to talk with the vCenter Server. You can use vSphere to send commands to vCenter and vCenter manages your infrastructure with these commands.

Upvotes: 2

Kagome
Kagome

Reputation: 168

the vSphere vCenter Server is a central managing unit for all your vSphere ESXi Hosts. If you want to deploy Templates with Guest customization you need to use the vCenter Server.

The vCenter Server can be a seperate hardware Server or a virtual machine - so vCenter and ESXi have different IPs.

Upvotes: 0

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