Specifications
Administration Guide
86 VMware, Inc.
Viewing Summary Information About Virtual Machines on
VMware ESX Server
Under!Virtual!Machines,!you!can!view!a!list!of!all!registered!virtual!machines!on!the!
host.!When!a!virtual!machine!is!running,!the!Status!Monitor!displays!its!ID!number!
after!the!power!status!of!the!virtual!machine.
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Activities!you!can!perform!from!this!view!include!connecting!to!virtual!machines,!
managing!virtual!machine!status,!and!configuring!the!virtual!machines.
Connecting to a Virtual Machine with the VMware Remote
Console
To!view!a!virtual!machine’s!desktop,!attach!the!VMware!Remote!Console!and!connect!
to!the!virtual!machine.!Click!the!terminal!icon!(!!)!to!launch!the!remote!console.!See!
“Using!the!Remote!Console”!on!page 155.
Netscape!and!Mozilla!users!must!define!a!MIME!type!for!the!console!first.!Internet!
Explorer!is!
configured!when!the!remote!console!is!installed.!See!“Setting!a!MIME!Type!
to!Launch!the!VMware!Remote!Console”!on!page 139.
The!terminal!icon!appears!slightly!different,!depending!upon!the!guest!operating!
system!installed.!This!visual!cue!helps!to!identify!the!virtual!machine,!for!example,!
when!the!display!name!does!not!indicate!
the!guest!operating!system.!Below!are!the!
ways!the!terminal!icon!can!appear:
!–!Indicates!a!Windows!guest!operating!system.
!–!Indicates!a!Linux!guest!operating!system.
!–!Indicates!a!NetWare!guest!operating!system.
!–!Indicates!a!BSD!guest!operating!system.
!–!Indicates!other!guest!operating!systems.
Using the Virtual Machine Menu
Click!the!arrow!to!the!right!of!the!terminal!icon!(!!)!to!display!a!menu!of!options!for!
the!virtual!machine.!The!menu!includes!the!following!commands,!most!of!which!can!be!
performed!using!buttons!and!other!visual!elements!of!the!management!interface.!
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OTE Virtual!machines!may!not!appear!in!the!list,!if!their!configuration!files!are!stored!on!an!
NFS‐mounted!drive.!When!a!virtual!machine’s!configuration!file!is!on!an!NFS‐mounted!
drive,!the!root!user!is!often!unable!to!access!the!file!because!root!privileges!are!not!
allowed.!Also,!you!cannot!see
!the!virtual!machines!if!the!NFS!directory!is!not!mounted.