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This page describes how to configure VMs in detail. Before you read this page, you may like to work through Manage Virtual Machines to help you get started working with VMs. After you add your VMs to a virtual appliance, you can configure the VMs before deployment or reconfigure after deployment. Each of these configuration topics is also available as a separate page.
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Abiquo supports hot-add and hot-reconfigure of VMs on ESXi hypervisors. If your VM template and VM operating system support hot-add and hot-reconfigure, you can configure the VM while it is powered on. After deployment, power off the VM before you reconfigure. Abiquo recommends that you configure the network before you deploy. You can configure captured VMs in the same way as VMs created in Abiquo. - If the virtual appliance is deployed, select the VM and go to the stop button. If your guest supports graceful shutdown, for example, if you have installed the guest tools, select the Shut down option.
Otherwise, you can connect directly to the VM and perform a graceful shutdown. Or if this option is not successful, or your VM is already prepared with all services shut down, you can select the Power off option. - When the VM is powered off, the status bar on its icon should turn red and the control panel should only display the lock button and the power on button.
- From the VM options menu, select Edit to modify the VM configuration. Edit the configuration as described in this manual. Note that some of the VM configuration tabs may or may not be visible, depending on your datacenter configuration and privileges.
- After you make your changes click Save. The cloud platform orchestrator will reconfigure the VM.
- Deploy or power on the VM as appropriate.
VMs will be powered on in ascending alphanumerical order. Thus it may be helpful to number your VMs in front of the their names. As an example, 1_WebServer will power on before 2_Database. You should remember that although the VMs will be powered on in this order, there is no guarantee that the machines will finish powering on in the same order. | Info |
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| The periodic infrastructure check will detect direct changes to the VMs (CPU, RAM and hard disk) and these changes will be reflected in platform statistics and accounting, as well as the VM general configuration page. |
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Related pages
- Definition of Abiquo concepts in Virtual Datacenters View
- Introduction to working with VMs in Manage Virtual Machines