View the Status of Shared and Remote Virtual Machines

You can view power status and task information for shared virtual machines, and you can view the power status of remote virtual machines. Tasks are operations that can affect the use of a virtual machine, such as power state changes and changes to virtual machine settings.

Prerequisites

To view the power status of remote virtual machines, connect to the remote server. See Connect to a Remote Server.

Procedure

• To view power status and task information for shared virtual machines, select Shared VMs and select the list view on the Shared VMs tab.
  Power status and task information appears on the Shared VMs tab for each shared virtual machine.
• To view the power status of remote virtual machines, select the remote host and select the list view on the tab for the remote host.
  The power status of each virtual machine on the remote host appears on the tab.