No, this is not needed, moreover after VC version 5.x (not sure exactly) if the ESX host is managed from the VC you can't add a VM to the ESX directly but from the VC only.
HTH
No, this is not needed, moreover after VC version 5.x (not sure exactly) if the ESX host is managed from the VC you can't add a VM to the ESX directly but from the VC only.
HTH