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Table Of Contents
VMware Server User’s Guide
130 VMware, Inc.
Deleting a Virtual Machine
VMwareServerincludesoptionstoremoveavirtualmachinefromtheinventoryorto
completelydeletethevirtualmachine.Youdonotneedtomanipulatefilesonthehost
filesystemtodeleteavirtualmachine.
Beforeyoucandeleteavirtualmachineorremoveitfromtheinventory,itmust
be
poweredofforsuspended.
To delete a virtual machine or remove it from the inventory
1 SelectthevirtualmachineyouwanttodeleteintheInventorypanel.
2 SelectVirtualMachine>RemoveVirtualMachine.
Youcanonlyselectthismenuoptionifthevirtualmachineispoweredoff.
3 (Optional)Todeleteallthevirtualmachinefilesfromdisk,selectDeletethis
virtualmachine’sfilesfromthedisk.
IfyoudonotselectDeletethisvirtualmachine’sfilesfromthedisk,thevirtual
machineisremovedfromtheinventory,butallvirtualmachinefilesremainintact
onthedatastore.
4ClickOK.
Thevirtualmachineisdeletedorremovedfromtheinventory.
Youcanalso
deleteavirtualmachineorremoveitfromtheinventoryfromthehost
workspace.See“RemovingaVirtualMachinefromtheInventory”onpage 108.
Using VMware Remote Console
VMwareRemoteConsoleallowsyoutointeractdirectlywiththeguestoperating
system.
VMwareRemoteConsoleisinstalledasaWebbrowseraddonandexecutedfromthe
addondirectory.YoumustinstalltheVMwareRemoteConsoleaddonthefirsttime
youuseitwithaWebbrowserthat
doesnotalreadyhavetheaddoninstalled,and
whenanewversionoftheaddonisavailable.Formoreinformation,see“Installingthe
VMwareRemoteConsoleAddOn”onpage 52and“StartingVMwareRemoteConsole
fromtheConsoleTabonpage 53.
YoucancontinuetouseVMwareRemoteConsole
ifyoucloseyourWebbrowser.