Virtual Machine Servicing Tool Help  

Creating or Editing Offline Virtual Machine Groups

Use the following procedures to create or edit an offline virtual machine group.

Important   A virtual machine group can only contain virtual machines from one VMM library server.

To create an offline virtual machine group

  1. In the Actions pane, under Update Offline Virtual Machines in Library, click New Group.
    Note   If you cannot view the Actions pane, on the main toolbar, click Actions to display it.
  2. On the Create a Library Virtual Machine Group page of the New Library Virtual Machine Group Wizard, type a name and a description for the group. You can use the description to help identify the group, for example if the group name is standardized and you need additional "friendly" information to easily identify the group.

    Also on this page, if you select the In the available list, include virtual machines in saved state or with checkpoints option, saved state virtual machines appear in the available list, that you can then add to the Selected virtual machines list.

  3. If your Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) system has more than one library server, expand the VMM Library server drop-down list, and then click the name of the library server that holds the virtual machines with which you want to work.
  4. In the Available offline virtual machines list, select the offline virtual machines to place in this group, click the arrow button to move them into the Selected virtual machines list (click the double-arrow button to move all of the virtual machines into the list).
  5. Click Finish to complete the wizard.

To edit an existing offline virtual machine group

  1. In the Groups pane of the tool console, expand the Virtual Machine Servicing Tool Groups tree node, and then click the Virtual Machine Groups in Library node to display the current list of offline virtual machine groups in the results pane of the tool console.
  2. In the list of offline virtual machine groups, select the group you want to edit, and then, in the Actions pane, under Update Offline Virtual Machines in Library, click Edit Group.
  3. On the Edit Group page, you can change the description of the offline virtual machine group, and you can add or remove offline virtual machines. Remember that all of the offline virtual machines in the group must be from the same VMM library server.
  4. Click Finish to complete the wizard.