From the "vSphere Client" web interface of your VMware vCenter Server (or VCSA), you can manage your virtual machines and obtain a lot of information about them.
When you select a virtual machine, you will first see its name, as well as several icons allowing you to perform the most common actions:
By default, you will find yourself in the "Summary" tab in which you can see:
On the right, when the virtual machine is started, you will be able to see in real time:
Below the virtual machine console preview, you can choose to:
You will also see several blocks allowing you to obtain information about:
Note that these blocks can be moved so you can rearrange them however you want.
For information regarding VMware Tools, if you click on the "More info" link, you will be able to see:
The 1st block that you will see below the summary of your virtual machine is "VM Hardware" with:
To modify the virtual hardware of this virtual machine, you have the option to click on the "Edit Settings" link located at the bottom of this table or to click on the 4th icon next to the name of your virtual machine.
For each virtual machine, you will be able to know the "Related Objects":
For each virtual machine, you can assign different tags.
These tags are meta-data allowing, for example, to easily find some virtual machines.
This notion of tags appeared with vSphere 5.5 and succeeds custom attributes.
In the "Notes" block, you will be able to see and/or modify the notes (comments) that you wish to indicate for this virtual machine.
In the "Custom Attributes" block, you will be able to see and modify the list of custom attributes assigned to this virtual machine.
In the "VM Storage Policies" block, you will be able to find out:
Sources :
To the right of the name of your virtual machine and its action icons, you will find an "ACTIONS" menu.
Note that this "Actions" menu is also available by simply right-clicking on the name of the virtual machine in the left column.
Thanks to this "Actions" menu, you can:
In the "Power" submenu you will find the options:
Important : the 2 options concerning the guest OS require that VMware Tools be installed in the virtual machine.
In the "Guest OS" submenu, you will find the options:
In the "Snapshots" submenu, you will find the options:
In the "Clone" submenu you will find the options:
In the "Fault Tolerance" submenu, you will find the options:
In the "VM Policies" submenu, you will find the options:
In the "Template" submenu, you will find the options:
In the "Compatibility" submenu, you will find the options:
In the "Tags & Custom Attributes" submenu, you will find the options:
In the "Alarms" submenu, you will find the options:
In the "Update Manager" submenu, you will find the options:
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