To investigate the status of all virtual machines on a VMware server:
| » | Select the connection from the Recent connections or Connections | VMware menu in the Spotlight Browser. |
The Virtual machines grid displays the following columns:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Name: |
Name of the virtual machine. |
| State: | Power state of the virtual machine. For example, Powered On, Powered Off, or Suspended. |
| Status: | Condition of the virtual machine. Green indicates that no alarms have been raised. Yellow and red indicate that VMWare has raised an alarm. |
| Host: | Name of the physical machine that hosts the virtual machine. |
| Host CPU - MHz: | Amount of CPU the virtual machine is using on the host. |
| Host Memory - MB: | Amount of memory the virtual machine is using on the host. |
| Heartbeat: |
Shows the status of communication between VMWare VirtualCenter and the VMWare Tools on the virtual machine.
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If there are no VMware connections in the Spotlight Browser you need to connect to a VMWare server. See "Connections to VMware Servers" (page 1) for more information.