VMware EXSI Vs Vcenter

VMware EXSI VS Vcenter

• VMware ESXi 5 - This i sthe virtualization platform, also called the Hypervisor. This is installed on to a physical machine and virtualize the physical resources - cpu, memory, disk and networ - to be used by the virtual machines. These virtual machines can run either server operating systems used when virtualizing a datacenter or dekstop operting systemm deploying virtual desktops. You can mange an ESXi using the vSpher Client which can be downloaded from the ESXi host by connecting to the host with a web browser.
• VMware vCenter 5 - This allows you to manage multiple ESXi servers through vSphere client. Like with ESXi server you can download the vSphere client from your vCenter server by pointing a browser at the vCenter server. vCenter also allows you to do the higher order functions if yoou are licensed for the like VMware DRS, VMware HA, VMware FT, vMotion and Storage vMotion to name a few. vCenter can be installed on a physical or virtual machine.
• VMware View 5 0 - This is VMware's Desktop Virtualization offering. View relies on ESXi to provide the platform for virtualizing the desktops. VIew server works in conjunction with vCenter to manage the desktop environment. It also acts as a broker connecting the end users to their virtual desktops either through the View client or other RDP solution. VMware View can be installed on a physical machine or a virtual machine,