Managing Virtual Machines

The HPCA Console enables you to manage the virtual machines running on your virtual hosting servers. For example, you can create and manage virtual machines on an existing VMware ESX Server in your environment.

To manage your virtual machines:

  1. On the Management tab, expand the zone containing the devices that you want to manage.
  2. In the left navigation tree, click Devices.
  3. In the list of devices, locate your ESX Server in the list of devices.
  4. In the drop-down menu for this device, click View/Edit Properties. The Directory Object Properties Window opens in a separate browser.
  5. In the Directory Object window for your ESX Server, click the Virtual Machines link in the left navigation menu.

    Note: The Virtual Machines link is only visible if this device was imported using the VMware ESX Server device classification. See Import Devices in the Configuration chapter for more information.

    If this is the first time you have clicked this link for this ESX Server during this HPCA Console session, you will need to provide login credentials:

    Type the User ID and Password for the ESX Server, and click Sign In.

    A list of the virtual machines hosted by this ESX Server is displayed, as shown in List of Virtual Machines Hosted by an ESX Server.

    To view the properties for a particular virtual machine, click its name.

    Device Properties for a VMware ESX Server

    List of Virtual Machines Hosted by an ESX Server

    The columns in the Virtual Machines list contain the following information:

    Virtual Machine List Columns
    Column Name Description
    Name The name of the virtual machine
    Operating System The operating system of the virtual machine
    # CPUs The number of CPUs allocated to the virtual machine
    Memory Size The amount of memory allocated to the virtual machine
    Status The current status of the virtual machine
    VM Tools Status The current status of the VM tools on the virtual machine

    Click the name of a virtual machine to open the Virtual Machine Properties window for that machine.

    You can use the following controls to create and manage virtual machines on your ESX Server:

    1 Requires VMware Tools to be running on the virtual machines.

    Virtual Machine Toolbar
    Icon Description
    Refresh Data
    Show/Hide Filter input
    Display VM Host System Properties
    Create New Virtual Machine
    Suspend the Selected Virtual Machines
    Reset the Selected Virtual Machines
    Stop the Selected Virtual Machines
    Start the Selected Virtual Machines
    Standby OS on the Selected Virtual Machines 1
    Reboot OS on the Selected Virtual Machines 1
    Shutdown OS on the Selected Virtual Machines 1
    Delete the Selected Virtual Machines

    1 Requires VMware Tools to be running on the virtual machines.

    Select the check box for each virtual machine you want to manage, and then click the appropriate virtual machine control to complete the required action.


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