The Virtual Machines Page
Use the Virtual Machines page to manage the virtual machines (VMs) running on your everRun system. To open this page, click Virtual Machines in the left-hand navigation panel of the everRun Availability Console.
To manage a specific VM, click the name of a VM in the top pane of the Virtual Machines page. The bottom pane displays controls and information for managing the VM.
To interpret VM status as displayed on the Virtual Machines page, see Virtual Machine States and Activities. To learn more about the controls on this page, see Virtual Machine Actions or the help topic for a specific task.
You can use the Virtual Machines page for administrative tasks including:
- Viewing information about a VM, including its name, operating system, description, and resources in the tabs of the bottom pane
- Creating, copying, exporting, importing, or restoring VMs, as described in Creating and Migrating Virtual Machines
- Opening a Virtual Machine Console Session
- Reprovisioning Virtual Machine Resources
- Creating VM snapshots that can be restored or exported, as described in Creating a Snapshot
- Removing VM snapshots, as described in Removing a Snapshot
- Controlling the power state of a VM, as described in:
- Removing a Virtual Machine or Renaming a Virtual Machine
- Performing advanced tasks or troubleshooting, as summarized in Advanced Topics (Virtual Machines)
- Mounting (and unmounting) a USB device or a network-mounted folder for use by the guest operating system, as described in Mounting a USB Device or Network-mounted Folder on the everRun System
- Attaching (and detaching) as USB device to a VM, as described in Attaching a USB Device to a Virtual Machine
Users who are assigned the role Administrator or Platform Manager can perform all tasks on the Virtual Machines page. Users who are assigned the role VM Manager can perform all tasks, except the VM Manager cannot use the Support tab, and cannot expand a volume. For details on the VM Manager privileges, see Managing Virtual Machines. For information on assigning these roles, see Managing Local User Accounts.