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Thepop‐outvirtualmachineConsolehasthefollowingmenuitems.Theembedded
ConsolehassimilarmenuitemsbutdoesnotincludealloftheexternalConsolemenu
items.
Navigation Bar
Thenavigationbarprovidesshortcutbuttonsthatloadthematchingtoolbarandpanel
intotheVIClientwindow.Thenavigationbarcombinesanddisplaysassociatedtasks
andinformation.Whenabuttonhasbeenselected,itremainsselectedtoindicatethe
currentview.ThebuttonsrepresenttheVIClientfunctionalareas.Depending
upon
whethertheVIClientisconnectedtoaVirtualCenterServeroranESXServerhost,the
listedbuttonsvary .
Eachnavigationbarbuttonhasaprimaryinformationpanelandassociatedtabs.The
Inventorybuttonhasaninventorypanelfromwhichyoucanselectobjects.Each
selectedobjecthasitsown
setofassociatedinformationpaneltabs.Thisinformationis
inoneofthefollowingtwosetsofpanels:
Navigationbarprovidesshortcutstogeneralizedareasofrelatedactivities.Theoptions
areInventoryandAdministration,whentheVIClientisconnectedtoanESXServer
hostoraVirtualCenterServer.When
theVIClientisconnectedtoaVirtualCenter
Serveradditionaloptionsareavailable:ScheduledTasks,Events,Consolidationand
Maps.TheInventorybuttonalsohasadditionaldrop‐downmenuitems(Hosts&
Clusters,VirtualMachines&Templates,Networks,andDatastores).
Figure 4-2. Navigation bar shortcuts
Table 4-7. Virtual Machine Pop-Out Console Menu Items
File> Exit
View> AutofitWindow|FitWindowNow|FitGuestNow|FullScreen
VM> PowerOn|PowerOff|Suspend|Reset|ShutDownGuest|RestartGuest
|Snapshot|Migrate|Clone|ClonetoTemplate|ConverttoTemplate|
Add
Alarm|AddPermission|SendCtrl+Alt+Del|AnswerQuestion|
ReportPerformance|Install/UpgradeVMwareTools|EditSettings|
Rename|RemovefromInventory|DeletefromDisk