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To see more information about a particular virtual machine and to modify its configuration, click the link to the virtual machine in the Display Name column on the Status Monitor page. The Status Monitor page appears in a new browser window.

The Status Monitor page contains the following information:

• 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 vmkernel version of the PID for a running virtual machine.
• The minimum, maximum and average percentage of server processor capacity that the virtual machine used in the previous five minutes.

  Note: The period of time these statistics cover can be modified. See Configuring the Statistics Period for the VMware Management Interface.

• The minimum, maximum and average amount of server memory that the virtual machine used in the previous five minutes.

  Note: The period of time these statistics cover can be modified. See Configuring the Statistics Period for the VMware Management Interface.

• How long the virtual machine has been running.
• VMware Tools status; whether VMware Tools is installed and running.
• The average percentage of heartbeats received by a virtual machine during the previous minute. The heartbeats are sent by the VMware guest operating system 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 heartbeats, even though the system is otherwise operating normally; in general, only when the heartbeat percentage drops to zero should the virtual machine or guest operating system be considered abnormal.

  Note: If VMware Tools is not installed or is not running, the guest operating system does not send any heartbeats to its virtual machine and Not Available appears here.

• 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, the virtual machine must be powered off.
• 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 ESX Server system.

Activities you can perform when viewing a virtual machine's details include:

• Editing a Virtual Machine's Configuration
• Configuring a Virtual Machine's CPU Usage
• Configuring a Virtual Machine's Memory Usage
• Configuring a Virtual Machine's Disk Usage
• Configuring a Virtual Machine's Networking Settings
• Configuring a Virtual Machine's Hardware
• Setting Standard Virtual Machine Configuration Options
• Viewing a List of Connected Users
• Viewing a Log of a Virtual Machine's Events
• Connecting to a Virtual Machine with the VMware Remote Console
• Using the Virtual Machine Menu
• Changing the Power State of a Virtual Machine
• Using Common Controls