User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
72 VMware, Inc.
 VMCreationEnabled–Allowsyoutostorevirtualmachinesinthedatastore.
 MediaStoreCreationEnabled–Allowsyoutocreatemediadirectoriesinthe
NFSdatastore.
Thesedirectoriesareknownasmediastores.
 Activityanderrorsforthemostrecentoperation.
 Amountofdatastorespaceinuseandthetotalamountofspace.
 Percentageofdatastorespaceused.
 AlertsonVirtualCenteractivitythatmightgenerateerrorsinStage Manager.
Forexample,Stage Managercreatesaninstallationdirectoryforvirtualmachines
andgeneratesamessageifitdiscoversanexistingdirectorywiththesamename.
Usethistabtoviewdatastoreusage.Fromatableinthetab,youcandisablethe
datastore,
disablethecreationofvirtualmachinesforthedatastore,anddisablethe
creationofmediastoresforthedatastore.Otheroperationsincludeaccessingvirtual
machinecontentsanddatastoreproperties,andremovingdatastores.
Foradescriptionofadatastoreresource,see“ManagingResources”onpage 69.
Highlights of the Media Store Tab
TheMediaStorestabnarrowsthefocusfromoveralldatastorestomediastores,the
directoriesformediafilesonNFSdatastores.TheNFSdatastoresthatcontainmedia
storesappearontheDatastorestab.
TheMediaStorestabpresentsthisinformation:
 Nameofthemediastorethatprovidesapop‐upmenuforvariousoperations.
 Type(NFS).
 State:
 DatastoreEnabled–Marksthedatastorewherethemediastoreresidesas
availableforuse.SetthisflagintheDatastorestab.
 MediaStoreEnabled–Allowsyoutousemediaonthemediastore.Ifyou
disableamediastore,theStageManagermedialibrarywillnotdisplaythe
filesonthatmediastore.
 Amountofmediastorespaceinuseandthetotalamountofspace.
 Percentageofmediastorespaceused.
 Location.