VMware GSX 3 User Manual
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C H A P T E R 4 Managing Virtual Machines and the VMware GSX Server Host
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Suspend — suspends a powered on virtual machine without running a script.
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Power On/Resume — powers on a stopped virtual machine or resumes a
suspended virtual machine without running a script.
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Reset — resets the virtual machine immediately without running a script or
stopping the guest operating system. Selecting this option is the same as
pressing the reset button on a physical computer.
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Delete Virtual Machine — lets you delete a virtual machine and its files,
provided the virtual machine is powered off. See
Using the VMware Management Interface on page 148
Connecting to a Virtual Machine with the VMware Virtual Machine Console
If you need to view a particular virtual machine’s desktop, you can attach the VMware
Virtual Machine Console and connect to the virtual machine. Click the terminal icon
(
) in the row for the virtual machine to which you want to connect with the
console. For information on connecting with the console, see
Connecting to a Virtual
Machine from a Windows Host or Client
and
Connecting to a Virtual Machine from a
Linux Host or Client
in the VMware GSX Server Virtual Machine Guide.
The terminal icon appears slightly different, depending upon the guest operating
system selected for the virtual machine when it was created. This visual cue helps to
identify the virtual machine (for example, the display name may not indicate the
guest operating system). The variations in the terminal icon are shown here.
— indicates a Windows guest operating system.
— indicates a Linux guest operating system.
— indicates a FreeBSD guest operating system.
— indicates a NetWare guest operating system.
— indicates another guest operating system, such as MS-DOS.
Monitoring the Virtual Machine’s Heartbeat
Under HB is a bar graph that represents the average percentage of heartbeats
received by a virtual machine during the previous minute. The heartbeat represents
the overall health of the guest operating system, based on whether applications
running in the guest are consuming resources from other applications in the guest.
The heartbeats are sent by the VMware Tools service to the virtual machine from its
guest operating system; the percentage is relative to the number of heartbeats the
virtual machine expects to receive for the minute before the page was last updated.
Heavily loaded guest operating systems may not send 100% of the expected