8장. Managing VMs

Procedure

1. Click Virtualization VirtualMachines from the side menu to access the tree view of all projects and VMs in your cluster.
2. Optional: Enable the Show only projects with VirtualMachines option above the tree view to limit the displayed projects.
3. Click the Virtual machines tab.
4. Optional: Click the Search virtual machines text box and begin to type the name of a virtual machine. A list of filtered virtual machine names will appear and change as you type.

5. Optional: Click the Advanced search button next to the search bar to use more search options.

   1. Use the fields provided to further filter your virtual machine search.

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      Field	Description
      Name	The virtual machine name.
      Project	A project that is part of your deployment.
      Description	Text in the description of the virtual machine.
      Status	The status of the virtual machine.
      Operating system	The operating system of the virtual machine.
      vCPU	The number of vCPUs alotted to the virtual machine. Select a modifying expression and enter a value to search on.
      Memory	The amount of memory alotted to the virtual machine. Select a modifying expression, enter a value to search on, and select what that value represents.
      Storage class	The storage class the virtual machine uses.
      Hardware devices	The type of hardware device assocaited with the virtual machine.
      Date created	The date range the virtual machine was created in.
      Labels	The labels associated with the virtual machine.
      Scheduling	The scheduling logic associated with the virtual machine.
      Nodes	The nodes associated with the virtual machine.
      IP address	The IP address of the virtual machine.
      Network Attachment Definitions	Select the appropriate definition.

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   2. Click Search.
   3. Optional: Click Clear all to clear all search criteria.
6. Optional: Click Save search to save the current for reuse later.
7. Optional: Select a saved search from the Saved searches list to reuse.
8. Optional: Filter the list of virtual machines by project using the Project list.
9. Optional: Filter the list of virtual machines by status using the Status list.
10. Optional: Filter the list of virtual machines by operating system using the Operating system list.
11. Optional: Filter the list of virtual machines by name using the Search by name field.
12. Optional: Use the Selection list to quickly select or deselect a group of virtual machines.
13. Optional: Use the Actions list to perform an action on all selected virtual machines.
14. Optional: Click the More actions icon beside an individual virtual machine listing to perform an action on that virtual machine.

Procedure

1. Click Virtualization VirtualMachines from the side menu to access the tree view with all projects and VMs in your cluster.

2. Perform one of the following actions depending on your use case:

   • To move the VM to a new folder in the same project:

     1. Right-click the name of the VM in the tree view.
     2. Select Move to folder from the menu.
     3. Type the name of the folder to create in the "Search folder" bar.
     4. Click Create folder in the drop-down list.
     5. Click Save.

   • To move the VM to an existing folder in the same project:

     • Click the name of the VM in the tree view and drag it to a folder in the same project. A highlight is displayed on the folder for permitted operations.

   • To move the VM from a folder to the project:

     • Click the name of the VM in the tree view and drag it on the project name. A highlight is displayed on the folder for permitted operations.