Specifications

Administration Guide
92 VMware, Inc.
When!you!click!Power!Off,!the!virtual!machine!will!power!off,!ready!to!resume!at!
the!suspend!point!you!set.
If!you!do!not !want!to!resume!the!virtual!machine!using!the!repeatable!resume!point,!
shut!down!the!virtual!machine!and!manually!remove!the!suspended!state!(.std)!file!
from!the
!virtual!machine!directory.!After!it!is!deleted,!suspend!the!virtual!machine!in!a!
new!state!to!create!a!new!repeatable!resume!point.!Otherwise,!set!the!
resume.repeatable!flag!to!FALSE!in!the!configuration! file.
Viewing Information About a Virtual Machine
Important!virtual!machine!information!is!available!on!the!Status!Monitor.
! Display!Name!column!link!–!Display!name!for!the!virtual!machine.!If!one!is!not!
specified,!the!path!to!the!configuration!file!for!the!virtual!machine!appears.!This!
column!also!contains!the!virtual!machine’s!power!state!and!its!process!ID!and!
virtual!machine!ID!(if!it!is!running).!It!also!notes
!whether!VMware!Tools!is!
installed.
If!the!virtual!machine!is!waiting!for!a!response!to!a!system!message,!a!Waiting!for!
input!link!appears.!Click!the!link!to!view!the!message!and!respond!to!it.
Click!the!virtual!machine!name!link!for!more!details!about!the!virtual!machine.!
The!virtual!machine’s
!Status!Monitor!appears!in!a!new!browser!window.!See!
“Configuring!Virtual!Machines”!on!page 73.!
! Up!column!value!–!Length!of!time!the!virtual!machine!has!been!running.
! No.!column!value!–!Number!of!virtual!processors!in!the!virtual!machine.
! %!CPU!column!value!–!Average!percentage!of!host!operating!system!processor!
capacity!the!virtual!machine!used!during!the!final!minute!before!the!page!was!last!
updated.!More!detailed!processor!information!is!available!on!the!Status!Monitor.
! RAM!column!value!–!Amount!of!memory!allocated!to!the!virtual!machine.!See!
“Configuring!a!Virtual!Machine’s!Memory!Usage”!on!page 97.!For!general!
information!on!memory,!see!“Virtual!Machine!Memory”!on!page 364.
Downloading Remote Management Packages
You!can!download!a!remote!management!package!from!the!VMware!Management!
Interface!Status!Monitor.
To!download!a!remote!console!package!from!the!Status!Monitor,!click!the!link!at!the!
bottom!of!the!page!for!the!appropriate!installation!file.!This!allows!you!to!quickly!
download!the!console!without!logging!out!of!
the!management!interface.