Manage VMs Tab

The Manage VMs tab provides a list of all VMs in the CloudAdvisor inventory. Using this tab, you can add new VMs and remove existing VMs. If you select one or more VMs from the list, you can change the Insight Profile, Snapshot Schedule, and CloudAdvisor Discovery Tools installation settings for the selected VMs.

The Export menu lets you export the list of VMs in csv (comma separated values) or tsv (tab separated values) format.

To view this tab from the Home tab, select Inventory > VMs.

Tab Information

Content

Description

Search bar

Field that enables you to display a subset of VMs by entering search values. The values dynamically match against information in any column of the Manage VMs tab.

Open button

Enables you to open individual tabs for any selected VM(s). You select a VM by clicking the check box next to the VM name in the output. More than one VM can be selected. For more information, see VM Details Tab.

Actions drop-down menu

A menu providing access to all actions that you can perform on the selected VM(s). The Action menu options are described below.

Export drop-down menu

Enables the export of the output VM list. The Export drop-down menu exports data in comma-separated value (csv) and tab-separated value (tsv) formats.

Note:

Time fields in csv and tsv export results are reported in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). They can be converted to local time in Excel.

Name

The name of the VM as well as the name of the provider through which CloudAdvisor accesses the VM. Click the name to view the VM Details Tab for that VM.

Guest OS

Operating system running on the VM.

Insight Profile

The Insight Profile applied to the VM. For more information, see Insight Management Tab.

CloudAdvisor Tools

Indicates if CloudAdvisor Discovery Tools is installed and up to date. If CloudAdvisor Discovery Tools is installed on the VM, the version number is displayed. The Warning icon indicates there is an upgrade available or that CloudAdvisor Discovery Tools is not installed on the VM. Click the version number to upgrade or click Install Now to install the latest version of CloudAdvisor Discovery Tools. See Managing CloudAdvisor Discovery Tools.

Activity Status

Indicates whether activities are evaluated in real time or at the time of DiscoveryPoints. If CloudAdvisor Discovery Tools is not installed, the status displays as "Not Available". The description "Activities at DiscoveryPoints" indicates that activities are not being collected in Real Time and are being evaluated at DiscoveryPoints instead.

Actions Menu Options

Menu Option	Description
Add VMs to Inventory	Lets you add one or more VMs to the CloudAdvisor inventory. For more information, see Adding VMs to Inventory .
Update Insight Profile	Changes the Insight Profile assigned to the selected VMs. You can either select an existing Insight Profile or create a new one. For details, see Insight Profile View.
Update Schedule	Changes the snapshot schedule assigned to the selected VMs. This option only applies to those VMs that CloudAdvisor accesses through a virtualization manager. If CloudAdvisor accesses any of the selected VMs through a backup provider, CloudAdvisor automatically skips those VMs when it applies the snapshot schedule. For details, see Snapshot Schedules Tab.
Remove from Inventory	Removes the VM from the CloudAdvisor inventory and deletes any DiscoveryPoints created for that VM. For details, see Removing VMs from Inventory.
Manage Discovery Tools	Lets you manage the version of CloudAdvisor Discovery Tools installed on the VM and set when the tools should collect data. For details, see Managing CloudAdvisor Discovery Tools.

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