Specifications

Basic System Administration
346 VMware, Inc.
Virtual Machine Inventory
Reset Resetsvirtualmachineandrebootsthe
guestoperatingsystem.
Userinterfaceelement–Filemenu
item,pop‐upmenu,pop‐upconsole
menu,toolbarbutton,Summarytab
HCandVC Virtual
machines
Virtual
machines
Suspend Suspendsapowered‐onvirtual
machine,putsguestinstandbymode.
Userinterfaceelement–Filemenu
item,pop‐up
menu,pop‐upconsole
menu,toolbarbutton,Summarytab
HCandVC Virtual
machines
Virtual
machines
ToolsInstall MountsandunmountstheVMware
ToolsCDinstallerasaCD‐ROMforthe
guestoperatingsystem.
Userinterfaceelement–Filemenu
item,pop‐upmenu,pop‐upconsole
menu
HCandVC Virtual
machines
Virtual
machines
Table A-19. Virtual Machine Interaction (Continued)
Privilege
Name Description Affects
Pair with
Object
Effective on
Object
Table A-20. Virtual Machine Inventory Privileges
Privilege
Name Description Affects
Pair with
Object
Effective on
Object
Create Createsanewvirtualmachineand
allocatesresourcesforitsexecution.
Userinterfaceelement–Filemenu,
pop‐upmenu,Summarytab‐New
VirtualMachinelinks
HCandVC Parent
folders
Virtual
machine
folders
Move Relocatesavirtualmachineinthe
hierarchy.
Privilegemustbepresentatboththe
sourceanddestination.
User
interfaceelement–Inventory
hierarchydrag‐and‐dropinVirtual
Machines&Templatesview
VConly Virtual
machines,
parent
folders
Virtual
machines,
virtual
machine
folders
Remove Deletesavirtualmachine,optionally
removesunderlyingfilesfromdisk.
Userinterfaceelement–Filemenu,
pop‐upmenu,Summarytab
HCandVC Virtual
machines
plusparent
folders
Virtual

machines