DS-User F1 Help for GUI (Context-Sensitive) : Virtual Machines Summary
 
Virtual Machines Summary
This screen displays information on the machine(s) in the Virtual Machines Properties list.
 
Virtual Machines
This section shows the list of virtual machines that were discovered from the specified VMware vCenter Server or Microsoft Hyper-V host.
VM Type
Select
VMware vSphere: Scans the virtual machines from a vCenter Server on your network.
Microsoft Hyper-V: (Windows DS-Client only) Scans the virtual machines from a Hyper-V host on your network.
vCenter
Enter the IP address of a vCenter Server on your network.
Host
Enter the IP address of a Hyper-V host on your network.
User Name
User credentials with sufficient rights to read information from the virtual machines on the vCenter Server or Hyper-V host.
Password
Enter the user password.
Select all
Click to select all the discovered virtual machines.
You can use CTRL+SHIFT+CLICK to selectively choose virtual machines.
Virtual Machines Properties
This section shows more detailed information about the items selected in the discovered Virtual Machines List.
Since it may take quite some time to gather this additional information for long lists, you can choose which virtual machines you want to scan for additional properties information.
Discover Machines
Click to scan the vCenter Server using the specified User Name and Password.
This may take a while, depending on the number of virtual machines.
Get Machine Properties
Click to perform an additional scan for more detailed properties from the selected items in the Virtual Machines List.
This may take a while, depending on the number of virtual machines selected.
The information retrieved is displayed in the Virtual Machines Properties List.
Virtual Access Report
Click to reformat the additional information on virtual machine properties into a graphic and table.