Installation guide

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines
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2. On the Status Monitor page, click Manage Files. The file manager appears.
3. Browse to the directory containing the configuration file (the file with the .vmx
extension) and click the configuration file icon. The Virtual Machine Registration
Status window appears, indicating the virtual machine is not registered.
4. Click the register link in the window. The window indicates the virtual machine
is registered.
5. Click Close Window. The virtual machine appears on the Status Monitor page
and you can connect to it with a remote console.
Unregistering a Virtual Machine
To unregister a virtual machine, complete the following steps.
1. Log into the management interface as the user with full permissions to the
virtual machine’s configuration file.
2. On the Status Monitor page, on the row for the virtual machine, click the arrow
to the right of the terminal icon ( ). The virtual machine menu appears.
3. Click Unregister Virtual Machine. The virtual machine no longer appears on the
Status Monitor page and cannot be remotely managed.