Specifications

VMware, Inc. 81

Chapter 3 Using the VMware Management Interface

After!your!user!name!and!password!are!authorized!by!the!management!interface,!the!

Status!Monitor!appears,!which!contains!high‐level!details!about!all!the!virtual!

machines!on!the!server!to!which!you!are!connected.!The!Status!Monitor!links!to!a!

detailed!set!of!tabs!specific!to!each!virtual!machine,!where!you

!find!information!about!

virtual!devices,!configuration!options,!and!a!summary!of!recent!events.!In!addition,!you!

can!create!and!delete!virtual!machines!from!your!browser.!

These!tabs!refresh!or!reload!automatically,!refreshing!every!90!seconds.!You!can!refresh!

or!reload!them!manually!before!you!perform!an!operation!like!suspending,!resuming,!

or!powering!on!or!off!a!virtual!machine!from!the!management!interface—or!after!you!

perform!a!power!operation!in!a!remote!console—in!case!another!user!has!performed!

the!same!or!a!conflicting!operation!before!you.!To!refresh!the!Status!Monitor,!click!

Refresh!at!the!top!of!a!page.!

This!setting!

is!represented!by!the!variable!vmware_SESSION_LENGTH,!stored!in!

/usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/conf/access.conf.!You!can!block!access!to!the!

management!interface!for!all!users!by!setting!vmware_SESSION_LENGTH!to!0!minutes.!

You!can!also!allow!for!persistent!sessions!that!never!time!out!by!setting!

vmware_SESSION_LENGTH!to!-1.

Configuring the Statistics Period for the VMware

Management Interface

By!default,!the!VMware!Management!Interface!provides!statistics!about!the!server!and!

virtual!machines!that!reflect!the!past!5!minutes!of!activity.!The!statistics!are!updated!

every!20!seconds.

You!can!configure!this!setting!for!a!period!of!1!minute!to!see!more!usage!details!or!you!

can!configure!it!for!

a!period!of!15!minutes!to!smooth!out!short‐term!spikes.!Increasing!

the!statistics!period!changes!the!update!frequency!to!every!minute!instead!of!every!20!

seconds.!It!also!reduces!the!amount!of!load!on!the!service!console,!improving!the!

performance!of!a!server!running!a!large!number!of!virtual!machines.

To configure the statistics period for the management interface

1 Connect!to!the!service!console!with!a!terminal.

2Edit!the!file!/usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/conf/access.conf.!

OTE You!can!use!only!ASCII!characters!when!viewing!the!management!interface.

NOTE Your!management!interface!session!times!out!after!a!60‐minute!period!of!idle!time.!