1 | <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
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3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="gui-tools-global">
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4 | <title>Global Tools</title>
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5 |
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6 | <body>
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7 | <p>
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8 | In the left pane of the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> window, click the
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9 | <b outputclass="bold">Menu</b> icon in the
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10 | <b outputclass="bold">Tools</b> banner located above
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11 | the machine list. The <b outputclass="bold">Global
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12 | Tools</b> menu is displayed.
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13 | </p>
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14 | <fig id="fig-global-tools-menu">
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15 | <title>Global Tools Menu</title>
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16 | <xref href="images/global-tools-menu.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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17 | <image href="images/global-tools-menu.png" width="10cm" placement="break">
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18 | <alt>Global Tools Menu</alt>
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19 | </image>
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20 | </xref>
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21 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/global-tools-menu.png" width="10cm" placement="break">
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22 | <alt>Global Tools Menu</alt>
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23 | </image>
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24 | </fig>
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25 | <p>
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26 | A drop-down list enables you to select from the following
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27 | global tools:
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28 | </p>
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29 | <ul>
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30 | <li>
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31 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Welcome.</b> Displays the
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32 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> welcome message. The <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> toolbar is also
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33 | included, to enable you to get started with using
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34 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. See
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35 | <xref href="gui-virtualboxmanager.dita#gui-virtualboxmanager/fig-vbox-manager-initial"/>.
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36 | </p>
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37 | </li>
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38 | <li>
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39 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Extensions.</b> Displays the
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40 | <b outputclass="bold">Extension Pack Manager</b>
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41 | tool. This tool is used to install and uninstall
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42 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-ext"/>s. See
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43 | <xref href="install-ext-pack-manager.dita#install-ext-pack-manager"/>.
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44 | </p>
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45 | </li>
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46 | <li>
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47 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Media.</b> Displays the
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48 | <b outputclass="bold">Virtual Media Manager</b>
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49 | tool. This tool is used to manage the disk images used by
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50 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. See
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51 | <xref href="virtual-media-manager.dita#virtual-media-manager"/>.
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52 | </p>
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53 | </li>
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54 | <li>
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55 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Network.</b> Displays the
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56 | <b outputclass="bold">Network Manager</b> tool.
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57 | This tool is used to create and configure some types of
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58 | networks used by <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/>. See
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59 | <xref href="network-manager.dita#network-manager"/>.
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60 | </p>
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61 | </li>
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62 | <li>
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63 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Cloud.</b> Displays the
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64 | <b outputclass="bold">Cloud Profile Editor</b>
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65 | tool. This tool is used to configure connections to a
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66 | cloud service, such as <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/>. See
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67 | <xref href="cloud-using-cloud-profile-manager.dita#cloud-using-cloud-profile-manager"/>.
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68 | </p>
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69 | </li>
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70 | <li>
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71 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Activities.</b> Displays the
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72 | <b outputclass="bold">VM Activity Overview</b>
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73 | tool. This tool is used to monitor performance and
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74 | resource usage of virtual machines. See
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75 | <xref href="vm-info.dita#vm-info"/>.
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76 | </p>
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77 | </li>
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78 | </ul>
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79 | <p>
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80 | The <b outputclass="bold">Pin</b> icon is used to keep
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81 | the <b outputclass="bold">Tools</b> banner visible as
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82 | you scroll down the entries in the machine list.
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83 | </p>
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84 | </body>
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85 |
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86 | </topic>
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