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Chapter 3 Using the VMware Management Interface
time!these!statistics!cover.!See!“Configuring!the!Statistics!Period!for!the!VMware!
Management!Interface”!on!page 81.
! Minimum,!maximum,!and!average!amount!of!server!memory!that!the!virtual!
machine!used!in!the!previous!five!minutes.!You!can!modify!the!period!of!time!
these!statistics!cover.!See!“Configuring!the!Statistics!Period!for!the!VMware!
Management!Interface”!on!page 81.
! The!length!of!time!the!virtual!machine!has!been!running.
! VMware!Tools!status;!whether!VMware!Tools!is!installed!and!running.
! Average!percentage!of!heartbeats!received!by!a!virtual!machine!during!the!
previous!minute.!The!heartbeats!are!sent!by!the!VMware!guest!operating!system!
service!to!the!virtual!machine!from!its!guest!operating!system.!The!percentage!is!
relative!to!the!number!of!heartbeats!the!virtual!machine!expects!to!receive!for!the!
minute
!before!the!page!was!last!updated.!Heavily!loaded!guest!operating!systems!
may!not!send!100%!of!the!expected!heartbeats,!even!though!the!system!is!
otherwise!operating!normally.
! IP!address!of!the!virtual!machine.
! Links!to!edit!the!virtual!machine’s!hardware!and!standard!configuration!options.!
Click!Hardware!to!edit!the!virtual!machine’s!hardware!on!the!Hardware!tab.!Click!
Options!to!edit!the!virtual!machine’s!standard!configuration!options.!The!Options!
pane!appears.!Make!changes!to!the!virtual!machine’s!configuration.!To!change!
most!options,!the!virtual!machine
!must!be!powered!off.
! Guest!operating!system!installed!in!the!virtual!machine.
! Number!of!virtual!processors!in!the!virtual!machine.
! Amount!of!memory!allocated!to!the!virtual!machine.
! Path!to!the!virtual!machine’s!configuration!file!on!the!ESX!Server!system.
Editing a Virtual Machine’s Configuration
You!can!edit!a!virtual!machine’s!configuration!from!the!management!interface!by!doing!
one!of!the!following:
! On!the!Status!Monitor,!click!Hardware!or!Options.!The!virtual!machine!must!be!
powered!off!before!you!can!edit!most!configuration!options.
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OTE If!VMware!Tools!is!not!installed!or!is!not!running,!the!guest!operating!system!does!not!
send!any!heartbeats!to!its!virtual!machine!and!Not!Available!appears!here.