Specifications

Basic System Administration
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 HelpMenu–Displaystheonlinehelpoptions,linkstotheVMwareWebsite,and
productversioninformation.
Pop-Up Menus
Pop‐upmenusprovidedirectaccesstomanyofthemenuitems.Pop‐upmenusare
availablefrommostobjectsinboththeinventorypanelandtheinformationpanel.
To view a pop-up menu
Right‐clicktheselectedobjectorpressShift+F10.
Console Menu
Theconsoleofapowered‐onvirtualmachineisavailablethroughaconnectedserver.
To view the virtual machine console
ClicktheInventoryNavigationbutton,clickapowered‐onvirtualmachineinthe
Inventorypanel,andclicktheConsoletabintheInformationpanel.
To pop out the virtual machine console
Clickthepop‐outiconinthenavigationbar.
Acopyof
theConsolewindowseparatesfromtheVIClient.Additionalmenusappear.
Additionalmenuitemsareavailablefromthepop‐outConsolewindow.
Allconnectionstothevirtualmachineseethesamedisplayinformation.Themessage
lineindicatesifothersareviewingthevirtualmachine.
The message line indicates
the number of active
connections to this virtual
machine.
Additional Console menu