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 VMware Server version of the PID for a running virtual machine.

  • The minimum, maximum and average percentage of VMware Server host processor capacity that the virtual machine used in the previous minute.

  • The minimum, maximum and average amount of VMware Server host memory that the virtual machine used in the previous minute.

  • 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.

  • 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 VMware Server host.

    Activities you can perform when viewing a virtual machine's details include:

  • Viewing a List of Connected Users and a Log of Virtual Machine Events

  • Connecting to a Virtual Machine with the VMware Server Console

  • Using the Virtual Machine Menu

  • Changing the Power State of a Virtual Machine

  • Using Common Controls