Glossary

Terms of the product and the documentation, with the vSphere term where it differs.

Term	vSphere term	Definition
alarm	alarm
allow
API tag
API token
audit log
audit record
backup
backup point
bootstrap password
break-glass account
bridged mode
catalogue image
change id
change tracking	Changed Block Tracking (CBT)
checksum
clone
cluster	cluster
console	VM console
content library	content library
control plane
controller
customization profile	customization specification
datacenter	datacenter
datastore	datastore
dead letter
disk	virtual disk (VMDK)
distributed firewall
drop
effective rules
endpoint
event	event
firewall
firewall policy
firewall rule
folder	folder
grace period
group
guest
guest agent	VMware Tools
hard disk
heartbeat
host	ESXi host
host agent
host bridge
host-bridge network
hot-plug
identity provider	identity source
image
inbound
inventory
IP pool
join token
lease
licence
live migration	vMotion
lockout
maintenance mode	maintenance mode
management domain
migrate
native API
network	port group
network adapter
NIC teaming
offline depot	offline bundle
OpenID Connect (OIDC)
orphan report
outbound
overcommit
password
performance counter
permission	permission
plan
port
port security
power off
power on
privilege	privilege
public address
quarantine network
quota
recovery code
reject
request
rescue image
resource group	resource pool
restore
reverse DNS
revert
role	role
sampling period
scheduled task	scheduled task
seed disk
self-service
server
service
service account
service principal
session	session
sign in
sign out
single sign-on
snapshot	snapshot
store
suspend
switch
task	task
template	template
tenant
thick provisioning
thin provisioning
traffic
two-step verification
unregister
upgrade
uplink	uplink (vmnic)
usage
user
user group
virtual machine (VM)	virtual machine
web console
webhook