View VM Properties

November 26, 2024

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The General tab for a VM has the following sections and information:

General

The General section of the General tab shows the following information:

Name: The name you gave to this VM.
Description: The description you gave to this VM.
Tags: Any tags you assigned to the VM.
Folder: Any folders you assigned to the VM.
Operating System: The operating system that is running in this VM.
Virtualization mode: The virtualization mode of the VM.
BIOS strings copied: Whether BIOS strings have been copied to this VM.
vApp: The vApp that the VM is part of, if any.
VM group: The VM group that the VM is part of, if any.
Virtualization state: Whether the XenServer VM Tools are installed in the VM.
Home Server: The home server associated with this VM.
UUID: The unique identifier of this VM.

Boot Options

The Boot Options section of the General tab shows the following information:

Boot order: Which devices this VM boots from and in what order.
Boot mode: Whether the VM is UEFI or BIOS boot mode.

CPUs

The CPUs section of the General tab shows the following information:

Virtual CPUs: The number of virtual CPUs currently assigned to this VM.
Max number of CPUs: (Linux VMs only) The maximum number of vCPUs that can be assigned to this VM.
Topology: The socket topology for this VM.

Read Caching

The Read Caching section of the General tab shows the following information:

Status: Whether the VM is using read caching.
Reason: Why the VM is or isn’t using read caching.

Device Security

The Device Security section of the General tab shows the following information:

Trusted Platform Module: Whether a vTPM is attached to this VM.

Updates (XenServer 8 and later)

The Updates section of the General tab shows the following information:

Pending recommended tasks: Any actions that must be taken to get full effectiveness from all applied updates.

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View VM Properties

November 26, 2024

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November 26, 2024

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View VM Properties

General

Boot Options

CPUs

Read Caching

Device Security

Updates (XenServer 8 and later)

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