Components in vSphere product suite
The most important components in the vSphere product suite are
- ESXi – is a type 1 hypervisor. A hypervisor is a part of software that creates and runs virtual machines. In vSphere, virtual machines are installed on ESXi servers.
- vCenter Server – is a centralized management platform and framework that lets you manage virtual machines and ESXi hosts centrally.
- vSphere Update Manager – An add-on package for vCenter Server that helps you keep your ESXi hosts and VMs patched with the latest updates.
- vSphere Web Client – is a web-based user interface used for handling a virtual infrastructure.
- vSphere Client – Windows application a locally installed with a graphical user interface (GUI) everyday handling tasks and virtual infrastructure to be advanced configuration.