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Monitor a Virtual Machine

You can monitor the status and the properties of VMs in detail.

To monitor virtual machines

1. Click Resources.

   The Resources page appears.

2. Open the Explore pane.

   Available groups, services, and systems appear.

3. Expand the VMware vCenter Server folder and the ESX server object.

   A VM list appears.

4. Click the Summary tab.

   The right pane displays general information, FT properties, overview, CPU and memory usage, disk usage (logical volumes), and events.

   In the Overview panel, the disk states indicate the virtual hardware state of the virtual disk, as calculated by SystemEDGE, and based on monitors configured in the vCenter AIM. This information is based on true performance data of the virtual disk, in terms of reads and writes per second.

   In the Disk Usage panel, the disk states indicate the usage of the logical volumes as viewed through the guest operating system. The state is calculated by SystemEDGE, and is based on monitors configured in the vCenter AIM. This information is only valid when the VM and the guest operating system are running.

   The General Information panel provides details about the connection state of the VM. Valid connection state values are as follows:

   • Not connected
   • Connected
   • Orphaned

   The orphaned connection state can happen during Cluster failover situations. When a virtual machine has been marked as orphaned, states reflected under the Overview section are based upon data collected prior to becoming orphaned.