Viewing a Summary of the ESXi Hypervisor's Virtual Machines and Virtual Machine Templates

The VMs/Templates tab displays summary information about the virtual machines and virtual machine templates that are contained on the ESXi hypervisor(s) selected in the top pane. If multiple hypervisors are selected in the top pane, this tab will display virtual machine information for all the selected hypervisors.

You can customize the way information is displayed within this pane. See Customizing the Column Headers for information.

Field	Description
Power on	See Performing Actions on Virtual Machines.
Power off	See Performing Actions on Virtual Machines.
Search	Enables you to search for virtual machines contained on the tab. To initiate a search you simply type the search criteria in the Search box. Only those virtual machines that match the search criteria are displayed; all other virtual machines are hidden. The Search tool works only on the information currently visible on the tab. The search will be performed on all information on the tab, not just the VM Name column. All partial matches are displayed. For example, if you search for virtual machines named Test, any virtual machine with "test" in its name will be considered a match (e.g. TestVM1, Contest, etc.). The use of wildcards in the Search tool is not allowed.
Parent ESXi Hypervisor	The name or IP address of the ESXi hypervisor that is hosting the virtual machine or virtual machine template.
VM Name	The virtual machine name.
VMware Tools Version Status	VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machine's guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine. This column identifies the version of VMware Tools currently in use on the virtual machine.
VMware Tools Running Status	Indicates if VMware Tools is running on the virtual machine.
Last Known Power State	The last known state of the virtual machine (Powered on, Powered off, or Suspended).
Type	Indicates if the device is a virtual machine (VM) or a VM template.
CPUs	The number of Central Processing Unit (CPUs) available to the virtual machine.
Memory	The amount of memory (MB) allocated to the virtual machine.
Disk Size	The amount of disk space (GB) allocated to the virtual machine.
Operating System	The operating system being used on the virtual machine.
IP Address	The IP address of the virtual machine.
Hostname	The name of the machine on the network that is hosting the virtual machine.