User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
70 VMware, Inc.
 AmountofCPUandmemoryinuseandtotalamountofCPUandmemory,as
follows:
 Used–Dynamicamountconsumedbyvirtualmachinesinthisresourcepool
oranychildresourcepool.
 Total–Staticupper‐boundonusage.Thevalueisbasedontheupperlimit
configuredfortheresourcepoolandforanyparentresourcepool.
 Numberofvirtualmachinesusingtheresourcepool.
 MessagesoralertsaboutactivitythatmightraiseerrorsinStage Manager.
Usethistabtoattacharesourcepool.Fromatableinthetab,youcanundeployall
virtualmachinesassociatedwitharesourcepool,disable,enable,detach,andaccess
propertiesforaresourcepool.
Foradescriptionofaresource
pool,see“ManagingResources”onpage 69.
Highlights of the Hosts Tab
TheHoststabpresentsthisinformation:
 NameoftheESXServerhostthatprovidesapop‐upmenuforvariousoperations.
 Stateofthehost:
 Ready–Hostisreadyforuse.
WhenStage Managerpreparesahost,itcompletescertaintaskssuchas
checkingtheESXServerversionandinstallinganagent.Ifthehostisnot
preparedproperly,Stage Managercannotmarkitasreadyforuse.
See“UnderstandingHostStates”onpage 74forspecificsonthe
Readystatus.
 Available–HostissetupbutsomeconditionexistsinVirtualCenterthat
preventsStage Managerfromusingthishost.
Forexample,theVirtualCenteradministratormightputthehostin
maintenancemode,orthehostisinadisconnectedstate.TheMessages
columnrelayssuchissues.
See“UnderstandingHostStates”onpage 74for
specificsontheAvailable
status.
 Enabled–Userflagtomarkthehostasavailableforvirtualmachine
deployment.
 Activityanderrorsforthemostrecentoperation.