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Configuring a Virtual Machine
To see more information about a particular virtual machine and to modify its configuration, click the link to that virtual machine in the Display Name column on the Status Monitor page. The Virtual Machine Overview page appears in a new browser window.
The Virtual Machine Overview page contains these details about the virtual machine:
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 minute.
How long the virtual machine has been running.
The status of VMware Tools — whether VMware Tools is installed and running.
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:
