Specifications

VMware, Inc. 47
Chapter 4 Using the VI Client
Menu Bar
Themenubarprovidesaccesstoallcommandsandoperatesinamannerconsistent
withotherWindowsapplications.Thetablesbelowlistallthemenuitemsavailable
fromthesefivemenus.ThemenuitemsavailablevarydependinguponwhethertheVI
ClientisconnectedtoaVirtualCenterServeroranESX
Serverhost.Themenubar
optionsare:
 FileMenu–SimilartotheFilemenuinmostapplicationswithtwoexceptions:
 AprintmenuitemisnotavailableontheFilemenu.Toprint,usethePrint
ScreenmechanisminWindowstotakeacopyoftheVIClientwindowor
exporttheVirtualCenterdatatoanotherformatandprintfromanother
application.
 Asavemenuitemisnotavailable.TheVIClientissimilartoabrowser.Most
usermanipulationsarepersistentinthedisplayoftheVirtualCenterdata.
InTable 4‐1,anasterisk(*)indicatesitemsthatareavailableonlywhenconnected
toVirtualCenterServer.
 EditMenu–Displaysmenuitemsrelevanttotheselectedobject.
Table 4-1. File Menu Items
File> New>VirtualMachine|AddHost*|Cluster*|Resource
Pool|Folder*|Datacenter*|Alarm*|Scheduled
Task*|AddPermission
File> Export> ExportEvents*|ExportList|ExportMaps*|
ExportDiagnosticData
File> Report> HostSummary|Performance
File>VirtualAppliance>Import|
Export
File>PrintMaps>PrintSettings|PrintPreview|Print
File> Exit
Table 4-2. Edit Menu Items
Edit>Rename|Remove|CustomizationSpecifications|ClientSettings