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title: "Virtual Machines. Guest OS Summary"
description: "The Virtual Machines. Guest OS Summary report analyzes virtual infrastructure configuration to show all types of guest OSes installed on VMs, and the number of VMs that run OS of a specific type."
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# Virtual Machines. Guest OS Summary

The **Virtual Machines. Guest OS Summary** report analyzes virtual infrastructure configuration to show all types of guest OSes installed on VMs, and the number of VMs that run OS of a specific type.

## Sample Usage

This section provides step-by-step instructions that will help you understand how to create the **Virtual Machines. Guest OS Summary** report. Consider the following example:

*You need to report on top 10 most commonly used VM guest OSes in your environment. Use statistics for the previous two months as a ground for the report analysis.*

To create the report, follow these steps:

1. [Open the Virtual Machines. Guest OS Summary report](open_vm_guest_os_summary_report.md).
2. [Define time intervals](define_vm_guest_os_summary_time_intervals.md).
3. [Choose how to display report output](choose_how_to_display_report_output.md).
4. [Choose a number of guest OSes to display](choose_number_of_guest_oses.md).
5. [Choose a report scope](choose_vm_guest_os_summary_report_scope.md).
6. [Run the report](run_vm_guest_os_summary_report.md).
7. [View the report output](vm_guest_os_summary_report_output.md).