User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
144 VMware, Inc.
TheConfigurationpop‐upmenuneartheupper‐leftcornerprovidesaccessother
virtualmachinesinthesameconfiguration.Clickathumbnailicontoseetheconsole
display,orclickAllConsolestoseeallvirtualmachineconsolesinaconfiguration.
ClickConfigurationtoviewthedetailsofvirtualmachinesin
theconfiguration.
ThevirtualmachineconsolepageprovidesaccesstoCtrl+Alt+Delfunctionality(same
asthefunctionalityonaphysicalmachine)andtoolstosetupaRemoteDesktop
ConnectionforaWindowsvirtualmachine.
To access an individual virtual machine in a configuration
1Intheleftpane,clickServices.
2MovethepointerovertheservicenameandchooseDetailsfrom
themenu.
3IntheStagecolumnoftheLifecycletab,clickthethumbnailiconofthedeployed
virtualmachine.
4Clickintheconsoletoworkwiththeguestoperatingsystem.
To access all virtual machines in a configuration
1Intheleftpane,clickServices.
2MovethepointerovertheservicenameandchooseDetailsfromthemenu.
3Movethepointer
overthedeployedconfigurationnameandchooseShow
Consolesfromthemenu.
4Clickintheconsoletoworkwiththeguestoperatingsystem.
IftheVMware Toolsutilityisnotinstalledinavirtualmachine,youcan“losethe
mouse”whennavigatingintoandoutoftheconsolewindow.PressCtrl+Altto
fix
theproblem
Performing Virtual Machine Operations
OperationsatthevirtualmachinelevelareavailableinbothLifecycleandArchive
configurations.Theoptionsinthepop‐upmenuforavirtualmachinearecontingent
uponitsstate.Operationsonindividualvirtualmachinesaffectthepop‐upmenu
optionsforconfigurations.
Althoughmostoftheproceduresinthissection
instructyoutoaccessdeployedvirtual
machinefromtheLifecycletabofaservice,youcanalsoaccessvirtualmachinesfrom
theVirtualMachinestabofaconfiguration.See“A c c e s s i n g DetailsonVirtual
MachinesinaConfiguration”onpage 139.