Installation guide

CHAPTER 3 Using the VMware Management Interface to Manage Your Virtual Machines

Using the Status Monitor

The Status Monitor page contains a high-level view of VMware ESX Server including a

server system summary and list of all registered virtual machines.

Viewing Summary Information about VMware ESX Server

Under System Summary, you can view:

• The number of processors on ESX Server, including the average percentage of

CPU usage used by virtual machines and the service console and the total being

used by the whole system for the previous five minutes.

• The amount of memory on ESX Server, including the average amount of

memory used by virtual machines, other processes on the server and the total

being used by the whole system for the previous five minutes.

Note: The period of time these statistics cover can be modified. See Configuring the

Statistics Period for the VMware Management Interface on page 89.