Difference between vCenter and vSphere

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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?

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 05 '23 at 20:30

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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.

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Mehdi Charife

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answered Apr 26 '17 at 11:29

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This link will be helpful maybe: http://stackzilla.com/what-is-the-difference-between-vmware-esx-esxi-vsphere-and-vcenter/ – Jo Shepherd Apr 28 '17 at 14:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 04 '16 at 22:30

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.

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 14 '23 at 11:12

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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.

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answered Feb 13 '18 at 07:56

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Difference between vCenter and vSphere

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