Working With Virtual Machines; Open A Virtual Machine Console; N "Open A Virtual Machine Console - VMware CLOUD DIRECTOR 1.0 Manual

Working with Virtual Machines

Virtual machines have a guest operating system on which you can install and run any software supported by
that operating system. In Cloud Director, you can install VMware Tools, insert DVDs and floppy disks, and
remotely connect to virtual machines.
These are the most basic operations that you can do on a virtual machine.
Power On, which is equal to powering on a physical machine.
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Power Off, which is equal to powering off a physical machine.
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Suspend, where the CPU of a deployed virtual machine is frozen. You can suspend a machine when you
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need to leave a virtual machine but do not want to lose its current state.
Reset, which power cycles the virtual machine.
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This chapter includes the following topics:
"Open a Virtual Machine Console,"
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"Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine,"
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"Discard the Suspended State of a Virtual Machine,"
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"Insert a CD/DVD,"
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"Eject a CD/DVD,"
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"Insert a Floppy,"
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"Eject a Floppy,"
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"Copy or Move a Virtual Machine to a vApp,"
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"Delete a Virtual Machine,"
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"Managing Your Virtual Machines,"
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"Installing VMware Tools,"
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"Guest Operating System Support,"
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Open a Virtual Machine Console

Accessing your virtual machine console allows you to view information about a virtual machine, work with
the guest operating system, and perform operations that affect the guest operating system.
Prerequisites
You might be required to install VMware Remote Console Plug-In. Click Install in the dialog box that appears.
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