In order to manage VMware hosts, you need to integrate the VMM with any existing VMware vCenter Servers. VMM supports the VMware vCenter Server virtualization management software for managing hosts.
The features that are supported when the VMM manages ESXi hosts are as follows:
Functionality supported by VMM | Notes |
Private clouds | The ESXi host resources are available to a VMM private cloud when creating the private cloud from host groups with ESXi hosts, or from a VMware resource pool. VMM does not support or integrate with VMware vCloud. |
Dynamic Optimization | VMM Dynamic Optimization features can be used for vSphere clusters. |
Power Optimization | Using VMM 2016, you can turn vSphere hosts on and off. |
Live migration | Live migration between hosts within the cluster is supported by VMM 2016 and uses VMware vMotion. Placing ESXi hosts into and out of maintenance modes can also be done from VMM. |
Live storage migration | Supported by VMM 2016 and uses VMware Storage vMotion... |