View VM Properties

Last published : Oct 01, 2026
The General tab for a VM has the following sections and information:
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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.
  • BIOS strings copied: Whether BIOS strings have been copied to this VM.
  • NUMA optimization: Whether or not NUMA has been enabled on this VM and the number of nodes it applies to.
  • vApp: The vApp that the VM is part of, if any.
  • VM group: The VM group that the VM is part of, if any.
  • Home Server: The home server associated with this VM.
  • UUID: The unique identifier of this VM.
The Virtualization & VM Tools section of the General tab shows the following information:
  • Virtualization mode: The virtualization mode of the VM.
  • Virtualization state: Whether the XenServer® VM Tools are installed in the VM.
  • Management Agent version: The management agent version (Windows VMs).
  • VM Tools version: The version of XenServer VM Tools installed (Linux VMs).
  • Installed drivers and versions: Lists the drivers installed on the VM along with their version numbers.

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.
  • Secure boot certificates: The status of the Secure Boot certificates in the VM (for UEFI Secure Boot enabled VMs).

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

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.