User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
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 ResourceUsage–ShowsCPUandmemoryinformationforresourcepools,
services,andstages.ThisinformationisvisibletoStageManageradministrators
only.
 DeployedVMs–Providesdetailsondeployedvirtualmachinesandaccessto
individualvirtualmachineconsoles.ThisinformationisvisibletoStageManager
administratorsonly.
SeeChapter 3,“ManagingandConfiguringStage Manager,”onpage 31forallareasof
Stage Manageradministration,suchasservice,template,andmediamanagement,user
roles,resourceallocation(resource
pools,hosts,anddatastores),networksettings,and
arangeofsystem‐widesettingsforLDAP,licensing,deploymentandstorageleases,
VirtualCenter,andmore.
Interface Features
TheStage Managerinterfaceincludesfeaturessuchaspop‐upmenusandfilters.
Pop-up Menus
Theconsolehaspop‐upmenusthataresimilartoright‐clickmenusandappearwhen
youmovethepointeroveranobjectname.Anamehasapop‐upmenuifanarrow
appearstoitsright.
Text Search Filter
UsetheFilterbuttonatthetopofcertainpagestoviewasubsetoftheinformationon
thecurrentpage.Stage Managermatchesthetextenteredinthefieldtotheleftofthe
buttonagainsttheattributedataofthesearchobjects.Entriesarenotcasesensitive.
Usingthepop‐
upmenutotheleftofthefield,youcanfilteracrossallcolumnsonthe
pageorwithinaspecificcolumn.
Thefiltertextsearchdoesnotrecognizewildcards.Ifyouenteratraditionalwildcard,
suchasanasterisk(*),thisfunctionperformsaliteralsearchforanasterisksymbol.
Column Sorting
MostpagesinStage Managerpresentdataintables.Youcansortthedataineach
columninascendingordescendingorder.Clickthetableheadingnametoperformthe
sortoperation.Thearrowtotherightofthecolumnnameindicateswhetherthedata
appearsindescendingorascendingorder.