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Screenshot: In the Virtual datacenters view, with the V. Datacenters list and the Virtual appliances tab that contains virtual appliance cards, open a virtual appliance
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Virtual appliances
Within your virtual datacenter, virtual appliances (VApps) are folders that contain groups of VMs. When you open a VDC, you will probably see one or more virtual appliances. And you can create more virtual appliances of your own to organize groups of related VMs.
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Open the cloud From the main menu, go to myCloud and go to the Virtual datacenters view section.
It should open at the Virtual appliances tab Select the virtual datacenter you want to deploy a virtual appliance in Click the + add button at the bottom of the the Virtual Appliances tab
 Image Removed Image AddedEnter the details of the virtual appliance  Image Removed Image AddedClick on Open or the virtual appliance Name to enter the virtual appliance editor. A virtual appliance will not do anything unless you add at least one VM template to it Click the Create virtual machine button. You can now select from the VM templates that are ready to be deployed.
Simply doubleDouble-click a template to create a VM with the default label Name, or click once and enter your own friendly name for the your VM
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Deploy to launch your VMs
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To start the virtual appliance, click the Deploy virtual appliance button in the top right-hand corner of the Virtual machines panel. Image Removed Image AddedThis will deploy and start the VMs in the virtual appliance. You can also deploy virtual appliances using the controls that appear when a virtual appliance is selected in the virtual datacenter view. When the Virtual appliance is deployed, the Deploy button becomes an Undeploy button or a Deploy all VMs button. To destroy all the VMs and all your data on the hard disks, click the Undeploy button. |
Screenshot: Deployed VMs in a virtual appliance
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Monitor a VM
Your environment may have VM monitoring configured by default, in which case you can open the virtual appliance's Monitoring tab to view metrics. And you can select the metrics to display and create alarms for VM metrics when you edit the VM.
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To monitor a VM Log in to the platform as an enterprise user Open the configuration of a deployed VM Mark the checkbox to Retrieve metrics Select the metrics you wish to retrieve Save the virtual machine configuration Open the monitoring view; the metrics should be displayed. You can also filter the display.
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Copy VM disks to create an instance template
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Open a virtual appliance Shut down the VMs you want to copy the disks from to make the instance. For each VM, click the stop or 'power button' and if your VM has the appropriate configuration (VM tools), select the option to shut down the VM. Otherwise, you can connect directly to the VM to perform a graceful shutdown, or select the option to perform a hard power off. From the virtual appliance options menu, select Create instance
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Click Create Instance. The platform will lock the VM to create the instance
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To change VM settings, from the VM options menu, select Edit.
Image Removed Image Added The VM edit dialog will open. On the General tab, enable remote access, obtain the password and optionally increase CPU and/or RAM. Also make a note of the SSH user and password if they are available. On the Network tab, go to Private and select the default_private_network
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Connect to your VMs
You can connect to VMs on most hypervisors and providers using VNC (or RDP) by clicking the console button on the VM control panel. To connect in public cloud, before you deploy your VM, you will need to store your SSH public key in your user account. And in some platforms you will need to enter your telephone number in your user account for connecting to the VM using SSH or RDP. See Edit Configure your user account details
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Obtain the login credentials for the VM, which may be assigned to the VM template. Select the VM and on the VM control panel, near Remote access, click Show password to obtain the password. (You may also be able to obtain the login credentials from here). To open a remote access window, click the console icon on the left-hand side of the control panel buttons. Enter the remote access password. At the VM login prompt, enter the VM login credentials.
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Make changes to a running virtual appliance
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Open the cloud Virtual datacenters view. It should open at the Virtual appliances tab Select the virtual datacenter you want to deploy a virtual appliance in Click the + add button at the bottom of the the Virtual Appliances tab
Enter the details of the virtual appliance
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Simply double-click a template to create a VM with the default label, or click once and enter your own friendly name for the your VM
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