Guests
The Guests page lists the defined
KVM virtual machines.
For each guest, the following information is displayed:
- Name
- Name of the virtual machine.
- CPU
- Percentage of processor utilization in the virtual machine.
- Network I/O
- Network input/output transmission rate in KB per seconds.
- Disk I/O
- Disk input/output transmission rate in KB per seconds.
- Livetile
- State of guest operating system console, or an icon that represents
the Linux distribution if the
guest is not active.
The following actions icons are displayed for each guest:
- Reset
- Click to reset the guest.
- Power (Start or Stop)
- Click to power on or power off the guest. If the icon is red,
the power is off; if the icon is green, the power is on.
The following actions can be selected for each guest:
- Select Connect to connect to the remote
console for the guest operating system.
- Select Manage media to change the path
to the installation media.
- Select Reset to reset the guest.
- Select Edit to edit the properties of an
existing guest. Guests can be edited only while stopped.
- Select Delete to delete the guest.
To create a guest, or virtual machine, click the plus
(+) icon in the upper right of the page.
Create virtual machine
Create a virtual machine by using an existing template.
- Type the name to be used to identify the virtual machine.
- Select a template.
- If templates exist, select from displayed templates.
- If no templates exist, click Create a template to
create a template.
- Click Create.
Edit guest
Edit the properties of an existing virtual machine. Some properties
can be edited only while guest is stopped. Others will take effect in next boot.
For each guest, the following information is displayed on the General tab:
- Name
- Name of the virtual machine. (can only be edited while guest is stopped)
- CPUs
- Number of processors. (if guest is running, new amount will take effect
in next boot)
- Memory
- Amount of memory in MB. (if guest is running, new amount will take effect
in next boot)
- Icon
- Graphic image representing the Linux distribution to be displayed
in place of current status (Livetile) when the guest is not active.
The following information is displayed on the Storage tab.
- Storage
- Displays the location of the ISO file used for installation.
Fields that are not disabled can be edited. After you edit a field,
click Save.
Add, replace, or detach a storage device
You can add, replace, or detach a storage device
to your virtual machine. The only supported device is CDROM. To edit
your storage devices, follow these steps:
- On the Edit Guest window, select Storage.
- To replace a storage device, click the first icon with the orange
slash (/). Enter the ISO file path and click Replace.
- To detach a storage device, click the second icon with the red
dash (-). Confirm the deletion and click OK.
- To add a storage device, click the third icon with the green plus
sign (+). Enter a device name and ISO file path and click Attach.
Replace a CDROM of VM
You can replace the contents of the CDROM for
a virtual machine after the installation is complete.
- Ensure that the virtual machine is started.
- From the Actions menu, select Manage Media.
- To change what is currently loaded in the CDROM, click the orange
slash (/) icon next to the hdc field.
- On the Replace a CDROM of VM page, enter
the ISO file path. The other two fields are read-only.
- Click Replace.