HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager 4.1 Software: User Guide

Using the Tools menu
The VM Manager Tools menu allows you to perform actions on a selected virtual machine or
virtual switch, and to collect and view HP Insight Capacity Advisor software data. The options
that might be available when you select the Tools menu are shown in Figure 5-2. In this example,
the Start Virtual Switch... and Stop Virtual Switch... options are disabled. These options are
enabled when you are in the Vswitch Properties view or a view with one or more virtual switches
selected, such as the VM Host Virtual Switches tab. The virtual machine operations (start, stop,
restart, migrate) are enabled when you are in a VM Properties view or in a view that allows
selection of virtual machines, such as the VM Host Virtual Machines tab. From tabs that list and
allow selection of multiple virtual machines or multiple virtual switches, you can perform an
action on multiple selected machines or switches.
NOTE: The Tools→Collect Capacity Advisor Data... and Tools→Capacity Advisor Data
Historical report... items are displayed only when you use VM Manager with Insight Dynamics
- VSE for Integrity; they are not displayed when using VM Manager through HP SMH.
Figure 5-2 VM Manager Tools menu
Table 5-1 describes the Tools menu options and where to obtain more information in this manual.
More detailed information is provided by the VM Manager help.
Table 5-1 VM Manager Tools menu options
More InformationAction SummaryMenu Selection
“Starting virtual machines” (page 94)Starts the virtual hardware for a
virtual machine, taking it from an Off
state (powered off) to an On state
(powered on).
Tools→Start Virtual Machine...
“Stopping virtual machines” (page 96)Stops a virtual machine, taking it
from an On state (powered on) to an
Off state (powered off).
Tools→Stop Virtual Machine...
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