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Chapter 5 Working with Configurations
Accessing Details on Virtual Machines in a Configuration
FromtheLifecycleandArchivetabs,youcannavigatetodetailsabouteachvirtual
machineinaconfiguration.Theinformationrangesfromdeploymentstatustothe
internalorexternalIPaddressesforthevirtualmachines.
ForconfigurationsaccessiblefromtheLifecycletab,youcanusetheVirtualMachines
tabtoadd
avirtualmachinetoaconfigurationbasedonaStage Managertemplate,
importavirtualmachinetoaconfigurationfromVirtualCenter,oraccessconfiguration
properties.FromthetableintheVirtualMachinestab,youcanmovethepointerover
thevirtualmachinenameandperformmanyofthesameoperations,suchas
deploy,
consolidate,andaddavirtualmachinetothetemplatelibrary,availablefromthe
pop‐upmenuinavirtualmachineconsole.Forinformationaboutthoseoperations,see
“PerformingVirtualMachineOperations”onpage 144.
ForconfigurationsaccessiblefromtheArchivetab,youcanusetheVirtualMachines
tabtoaccessconfiguration
properties.FromthetableintheVirtualMachinestab,you
canperformoperationssuchasconsolidateavirtualmachine.
To access details on virtual machines in a configuration
1Intheleftpane,clickServices.
2MovethepointerovertheservicenameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
Toaccessdetailsonanarchivedconfigurationinsteadofanactivelifecycle
configuration,
clicktheArchivetab.
3MovethepointerovertheconfigurationnameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
4IntheVirtualMachinestab,reviewthisinformation:
 Consoleiconsthatprovideaccesstovirtualmachines.
 Nameofthevirtualmachine.
 Status(forexample,deployedorundeployed).
 (Notapplicabletoarchivedconfigurations)Nameoftheresourcepooland
host.
 IPaddressofthevirtualmachine.
IfthevirtualmachineusesDHCPIPaddressallocation,DHCPappearsinthe
IPAddresscolumn.
 (Notapplicabletoarchivedconfigurations)ExternalIPaddressforthevirtual
machineifitrunsinfencedmode.SeeAppendix C,“NetworkFencing,”on
page 181.