Specifications

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Chapter 3 Using the VMware Management Interface
The!Options!tab!shows!standard!virtual!machine!information:
! Display!Name!–!Identifies!the!virtual!machine!in!a!more!descriptive!way.
! Guest!Operating!System!–!Guest!operating!system!installed!on!the!virtual!disk.
! Suspend!File!Location!–!Location!of!the!suspended!state!file!(a!VMFS!volume).!
This!file!is!created!when!you!suspend!a!virtual!machine.!It!contains!information!
about!the!virtual!machine’s!state!at!the!time!at!which!it!was!suspended.!ESX!Server!
adds!a!suffix!to!the!name!of!the!suspended!state
!file!to!ensure!that!one!virtual!
machine!does!not!overwrite!the!suspended!state!file!of!another.
! Enable!Logging!–!Whether!logging!is!enabled.
! Run!with!Debugging!Information!—!Whether!the!virtual!machine!is!running!
with!debugging!information.!When!you!are!experiencing!problems!with!this!
virtual!machine,!you!can!provide!the!information!to!VMware!support!to!help!
troubleshoot!problems.
! System!Startup!Options!–!Startup!options!for!this!virtual!machine!when!the!server!
starts.!
! System!Shutdown!Options!–!Shutdown!options!for!this!virtual!machine!when!the!
server!shuts!down.
To!change!other!options,!see!“Setting!Standard!Virtual!Machine!Configuration!
Options”!on!page 122.
Under!Verbose!Options,!you!can!enter!and!modify!configuration!file!entries!by!
hand.!See!“Setting!Startup!and!Shutdown!Options!by!Modifying!the!
Configuration!File
!Directly!(Advanced!Users!Only)”!on!page 126.
Setting Startup and Shutdown Options for a Virtual Machine
You!can!configure!what!a!virtual!machine!does!when!the!system!starts!and!how!it!shuts!
down!when!the!system!shuts!down.!You!can!enable!these!settings!only!if!the!startup!
and!shutdown!options!are!enabled!for!the!server!overall.!See!“Setting!Startup!and!
Shutdown!Options”!on!page 124.
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OTE Unlike!earlier!versions!of!ESX!Server,!the!suspended!state!file!can!reside!only!
on!a!VMFS!volume.!It!cannot!be!located!in!the!directory!with!the!virtual!
machine’s!configuration!file!in!the!service!console