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In the previous chapter entitled [[A Guided Tour of the VMM Administrator Console]] we took a high level tour of the VMM 2008 Administrator Console component. This chapter is intended to cover the steps necessary to manage and monitor the hosts on which the virtual machines reside using the console.
When the VMM Administrator Console is run for the first time after installation, it does not, by default, have any hosts assigned to it. In this context, the term ''host'' is used to refer to servers running virtual machines using Hyper-V, Virtual Server VMware ESX Server virtualization technology. Since very little can be achieved using the console until some hosts are added, this is one of the first tasks to be performed.
Hosts are added to the console using the ''Hosts'' view, which is selected by clicking on the ''Hosts'' option in the list of views located in the pane in the bottom left hand corner of the console window. Once the Hosts view is displayed, hosts may be added by clicking on the ''Add Host'' link in the ''Actions'' pane, or selecting the ''Actions->Virtual Machine Manager->Add Host'' menu option. Once selected, the ''Add Hosts'' wizard will appear displaying the ''Select Host Location'' screen as illustrated in the following figure:
== Setting Host Reserves ==
''Host Reserves'' define how much of a host's resources are to be reserved for the host operating system. Once these reserves are configured, a virtual machine cannot be deployed on that host if doing so would require the use of those reserved resources. The host resources that may be reserved are as follows:
* CPU Percentage
== Viewing and Configuring Host Properties ==
A variety of host property categories and settings may be viewed and configured by selecting the required host from the ''Hosts'' view of the VMM Administrator Console and selected followed by the ''Properties'' option from the Actions pane. The properties dialog presents a number of different pages of settings, each of which is accessed by clicking the corresponding tab:
=== Summary ===
=== Reserves ===
''Host Reserves'' define how much of a host's resources are to be reserved for the host operating system. Once these reserves are configured, a virtual machine cannot be deployed on that host if doing so would require the use of the reserved resources. The host resources that may be reserved are as follows:
* CPU Percentage
=== Hardware ===
The ''Hardware'' screen displays information about the hardware configuration of the hosts host system. Information provided includes storage devices, CPU, network adapters and memory. Some settings may be changed such as network adapter and disk storage options.
=== Networking ===
=== Placement ===
The term ''Placement'' refers to the paths which that are available for the storage of virtual machine files on the host. As such, this screen lists the currently configured placement locations and provides the ability to add additional paths to the list of available locations and to remove any locations which are no longer to be made available.
=== Remote ===
In addition, the information displays may be filtered by using the ''Scope'' button to define which hosts and virtual machines are to including the networking diagram.
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