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Configuring a Virtual Machine
Configuring a Virtual Machine
The virtual machine's Status Monitor page contains the following information:
The current power state of the virtual machine whether it is powered on, powered off or suspended.
The process ID of the virtual machine.
The VMID of the virtual machine, which is the GSX Server version of the PID for a running virtual machine.
The minimum, maximum and average percentage of GSX Server host processor capacity that the virtual machine used in the previous minute.
The minimum, maximum and average amount of GSX Server host memory that the virtual machine used in the previous minutes.
How long the virtual machine has been running.
The status of VMware Tools whether VMware Tools is installed and running.
The average percentage of heartbeats received by a virtual machine during the previous minute. See Monitoring the Virtual Machine's Heartbeat.
The IP address of the virtual machine.
Links to edit the virtual machine's hardware and standard configuration options. Click Hardware to edit the virtual machine's hardware. The Hardware page appears. Click Options to edit the virtual machine's standard configuration options. The Options page appears. You can make changes to the virtual machine's configuration in these places. To change most options, you must power off the virtual machine.
The guest operating system installed in the virtual machine.
The number of virtual processors in the virtual machine.
The amount of memory allocated to the virtual machine.
The path to the virtual machine's configuration file on the GSX Server host.
Activities you can perform when viewing a virtual machine's details include:
Editing a Virtual Machine's Configuration
Configuring a Virtual Machine's Hardware
Setting Standard Virtual Machine Configuration Options
Viewing a List of Connected Users and a Log of Virtual Machine Events
Connecting to a Virtual Machine with the VMware Virtual Machine Console
Using the Virtual Machine Menu
Changing the Power State of a Virtual Machine
Using Common Controls