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use (first one found by default).</li>
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<li><codeph>'network'</codeph> - name of the vSphere network to use
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(first one found by default).</li>
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<li><codeph>'networkCardType'</codeph> - type of network card used on the host. Default
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value is <codeph>E1000</codeph>. Valid values are
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<codeph>E1000</codeph>, <codeph>E1000e</codeph>,
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<li><codeph>'networkCardType'</codeph> - type of network card used
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on the host. Default value is <codeph>E1000</codeph>. Valid
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values are <codeph>E1000</codeph>, <codeph>E1000e</codeph>,
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<codeph>VmxNet</codeph>, <codeph>Vmxnet2</codeph>,
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<codeph>Vmxnet3</codeph>, and <codeph>PCNet32</codeph>.</li>
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<li><codeph>'maxCores'</codeph> - number of virtual cores to use on
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<li><codeph>'maxDiskMB'</codeph> - disk size, in MB, to use on a
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datastore for Eucalyptus instances (free space on the datastore
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by default).</li>
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<li><codeph>'uploadViaHost'</codeph> - upload VM disk contents
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directly to the ESX(i) host rather than through vCenter ("false"
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by default). This option is ignored when the endpoint is an
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ESX(i) host. The default behavior is to upload VM's disk files
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through vCenter. To avoid overloading the vCenter with I/O
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traffic, however, Eucalyptus can perform the upload directly to
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an individual host. In this case, if the credentials (login or
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password) for the host are different from vCenter credentials,
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they must be specified explicitly in one or more elements
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contained by the <codeph><![CDATA[<endpoint/>]]></codeph> (e.g.,
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in each <codeph><![CDATA[<datacenter/>]]></codeph> or each
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<li><codeph>'uploadViaHost'</codeph> - upload VM disk contents directly to the ESX(i) host
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rather than through vCenter ("false" by default). This option is
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ignored when the endpoint is an ESX(i) host. The default
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behavior is to upload VM's disk files through vCenter. To avoid
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overloading the vCenter with I/O traffic, however, Eucalyptus
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can perform the upload directly to an individual host. In this
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case, if the credentials (login or password) for the host are
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different from vCenter credentials, they must be specified
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explicitly in one or more elements contained by the
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<codeph><![CDATA[<endpoint/>]]></codeph> (e.g., in each
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<codeph><![CDATA[<datacenter/>]]></codeph> or each
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<codeph><![CDATA[<cluster/>]]></codeph> or each
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<codeph><![CDATA[<host/>]]></codeph> element).</li>
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<codeph><![CDATA[<host/>]]></codeph> element). <note>We
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strongly recommend setting the
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<codeph>uploadViaHost</codeph> attribute to
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<codeph>true</codeph> unless you are unable to provide
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Eucalyptus with the credentials of your ESX
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hosts.</note></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>

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