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VMware Infrastructure Client Window
VMware Infrastructure Client Window
This section introduces VMware Infrastructure Client features that you use when you managevirtual machines through your ESX Server host or the VirtualCenter Server. It discusses thefollowing topics:
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VMware Infrastructure Client Window: Layout of the VI Client Window
Layout of the VI Client Window
The VI Client adapts to the server it is connected to and displays options appropriate to theenvironment.The default VI Client layout is a single window with a menu bar, navigation bar, toolbar,status bar, and panel sections. Pop-up menus are available for most objects.
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VMware Infrastructure Client Window: VI Client Window Components
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Layout of the VI Client Window
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VI Client Window Components
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Menu Bar
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Pop-Up Menus
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Navigation Bar
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Toolbar
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Panel Sections
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Status Bar
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Console Menu
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Accessing VI Client Functions
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Information Elements
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Symbol Information Elements
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Attribute Elements
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List Elements
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Chart Elements
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VI Client Window Components
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VMware Infrastructure Client Window: Menu Bar
Menu Bar
Certain menu options are available only when the VI Client is connected to a VirtualCenterServer.Menu BarProvides access to all VI Client functions.Pop-UpMenus Provides direct access to many of the menu baroptions.NavigationBar Provides shortcut buttons that load the matchingtoolbar and panel into the VI Client window.ToolbarProvides buttons for the most commonly usedactions.PanelSections The inventory panel displays a hierarchical list of VIClient resources.The information panel displays information about aselected resource. The type of informationdisplayed depends on which tab is selected in thepanel.Tabs The tabs displayed in the information panel provideyou with ways to view or act on the informationassociated with a selected object. SeeWorking withInventory Tabs.Status BarContains icons to view recent tasks or triggeredalarms.StatusPanelDisplays details about the recent tasks or triggeredalarms.ConsoleMenu Provides access to functions on the pop-out virtualmachine console.
Menu
Information Displayed
File
Which objects are acted on.
Edit
Options relevant to the selected object.
View
Which panels are visible.
Inventory
Options relevant to the object selected in theinventory panel.
Administration
Configuration options that apply across theVMware Infrastructure environment.
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Menu actions, from either the menu bar or a pop-up menu, apply to the selected object. If noobject is selected, no menu actions are available.To print, use the Print Screen function in Windows or export the VirtualCenter data toanother format and print from another application.
Note:
A save option is not available. The VI Client is similar to a browser. Most changes toconfiguration are saved between sessions.
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VMware Infrastructure Client Window: Pop-Up Menus
Pop-Up Menus
Pop-up menus are available from most objects in the inventory and information panels.To view a pop-up menu, right-click the selected object, or press Shift+F10.
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VMware Infrastructure Client Window: Navigation Bar
Navigation Bar
The navigation bar provides shortcut buttons that load the matching toolbar and panel intothe VI Client window. The navigation bar combines and displays associated tasks andinformation.Navigation bar buttons represent VI Client functional areas. The buttons vary, depending onwhether the VI Client is connected to a VirtualCenter Server or an ESX Server. When abutton is selected, it remains selected to indicate the current view.
Help
Online help options, links to the VMware Website, and product version information.
Button
Information Displayed
Inventory
A view of all the monitored objects inVirtualCenter, including datacenters, resourcepools, clusters, networks, datastores, templates,hosts, and virtual machines. For information aboutthe inventory panel and the information panel, seePanel Sections.The
Inventory
button provides four views of theobjects:
Hosts and Clusters
shows all objects exceptnetworks and datastores.
Virtual Machines and Templates
shows virtualmachines and template objects, including theobject that they are organized under.
Networks
shows network objects, including theobject that they are organized under.
Datastores
shows datastore objects, including theobject that they are organized under.
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