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Managing Virtual Machines in the VMware Host Client
After creating a virtual machine in the VMware Host Client, you can perform dierent management tasks
on the virtual machine, including deleting the virtual machine from the host, remove the virtual machine
from a datastore, registering it back on a datastore, and so on. You can also return the virtual machine to the
host.
Access a Virtual Machine in the VMware Host Client
You can access the virtual machines on the host that you are logged in to, to congure the virtual machine
hardware and options, to perform administrative tasks, and to perform basic troubleshooting tasks.
To display a virtual machine in the VMware Host Client inventory, power on the virtual machine.
Procedure
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To access the virtual machines that are available on the host that you are logged in to, click Virtual
Machines in the VMware Host Client inventory.
The list of available virtual machines is displayed under Virtual Machines.
You can now edit the virtual machine seings and perform dierent administrative and troubleshooting
tasks on the virtual machines in the list.
Use Virtual Machine Column Configuration in the VMware Host Client
When you view virtual machines in the VMware Host Client, you can congure what information is
displayed by including and excluding columns such as status, provisioned space, host name, host CPU, and
so on.
Procedure
1 Click Virtual Machines in the VMware Host Client inventory.
2 Click Columns and select the information that you want to display or hide in the virtual machine panel.
Remove Virtual Machines from a Host in the VMware Host Client
You can unregister a virtual machine if you want to keep it on the datastore, but you no longer want the
VMware Host Client inventory to display the virtual machine.
Prerequisites
Power o the virtual machine.
Procedure
1 Click Virtual Machines in the VMware Host Client inventory.
2 Right-click the virtual machine from the list and select Unregister.
3 To conrm that you want to remove the virtual machine from the inventory, click Yes.
The host removes the virtual machine from the inventory and no longer tracks its condition.
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