VMware Administrator Task Map for VM Essentials¶

This guide maps a practical core set of familiar VMware administration tasks to their HPE Morpheus VM Essentials workflows. It is a task map, not a feature-parity statement: vCenter inventory objects and HPE Morpheus Software Instances, Groups, Service Plans, and HVM cluster objects have different lifecycles and permission models. See Provisioning Concepts before converting existing workloads.

Common brownfield tasks¶
VMware intent	VM Essentials concept and navigation	Check first	Canonical procedure
Add existing virtualization inventory	Add a VMware Cloud at Infrastructure ‣ Clouds; enable existing-Instance inventory when required	vCenter API URL, service account permissions, scope, and appliance-to-vCenter/ESXi connectivity	VMware vCenter
Adopt an existing VM	Convert a discovered Virtual Machine to a managed Instance	The target Tenant, Group, Instance Type, Layout, operating system, credentials, and matching Plan	Creating Instances
Deploy a VM from a template	Provision an Instance from an Instance Type/Layout and Virtual Image	Group/Cloud access, image preparation, network, datastore, and Service Plan	Creating Instances
Control VM size	Select or create a Service Plan	Provision type, active state, CPU, memory, storage, and any cluster permission filter	Plans & Pricing
Control placement access	Scope Clouds, resource pools, datastores, networks, or HVM clusters to Groups	User role plus Group and resource permission intersections	Configuring Access with Clouds, Groups, and Roles
Connect VM networking	Select a provisionable Network; HVM layout 2.0 uses Virtual Switches beneath Networks	VLAN, MTU, upstream switch configuration, IP pool, and target-cluster access	Networks and Virtual Switches
Take or restore a snapshot	Use Instance or VM snapshot actions supported by the target provider	Provider support, datastore capacity, application consistency, and backup policy	Managing Instances
Resize a VM	Reconfigure the Instance or VM and select an allowed Plan or supported custom values	Provider hot-add support, guest support, permissions, and required restart	Managing Instances
Open a VM console	Open the console from the Instance or Virtual Machine detail page	Browser connectivity and the provider-specific console path	Instance Details
Move a workload	Use a provider-supported migration action; migration is not equivalent to changing an Instance Group	Source/target compatibility, storage, networking, snapshots, and downtime requirements	Server Migration
Back up a workload	Configure a Backup integration and Backup Job rather than treating snapshots as backups	Provider/integration support, credentials, retention, and restore testing	Backups

When no action appears, check the user’s role, Group access, target resource permissions, and provider capabilities before assuming VM Essentials lacks an equivalent task.