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→Viewing and Configuring Host Properties
== Viewing and Configuring Host Properties ==
A variety of host property categories and settings may be viewed and configured by selecting the required host from the ''Hosts'' view of the VMM Administrator Console and selected the ''Properties'' option from the Actions pane. The properties presents a number of different pages of settings, each of which is accessed by clicking the corresponding tab.
=== Summary ===
The summary page of the host properties dialog displays general system information about the host computer. This information includes the computer name and domain information and basic information about the CPU, memory, disk space, operating system and virtualization software on the host.
=== Status ===
Displays status information about the selected host.
[[Image:vmm_admin_console_host_status.jpg|The host properties status display]]
Status information falls into the following categories:
* '''Overall Status''' - Provides a single point to information on the status of the system. Statuas can be ''OK'', ''Needs attention'' meaning there is a problem which is reported in the following status fields or ''OK (Limited)'' - the host is a VMware Server ESX Server system and additional login information is needed to gain access to the system.
* '''Connection Status''' - Indicates whether the VMM Server componenent is able to communicate with the host. Options are ''Responding'', ''Not Responding'' and ''Access Denied''.
* '''Agent Status''' - Indicates whether the VMM Server componenent is able to communicate with the VMM Agent on the host. Options are ''Responding'', ''Not Responding'' and ''Access Denied''.
* '''Agent Version''' - Indicates whether the VMM Agent installed on the host system is the latest available version. If the host is running an older version, the status will be listed as ''Upgrade available''.
* '''Virtualization Service''' - Indicates whether the virtualization service is running on the host.
* '''Virtualization service version''' - Indicates whether a newer version of the virtualization service is available for the host.
=== VMs ===
The VMs screen of the VMM Administrator Console host properties dialog displays information about any virtual machines present on the selected host. Information such as the virtual machine name, status, uptime and resources is provided for each VM on the host. In addition, virtual machines which are on the host but not yet registered with the VMM Server component may be registered by using the browse button to navigate to the location of the VM files on the host system:
[[ Image:vmm_admin_console_vms.jpg|VMM Administrator Console host VM Settings]]
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