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PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.0 VM Client Guide and Reference
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VM Client Guide and Reference
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Contents 5
Contents
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About This Guide 9
1Overview 11
1.1 What Is the PlateSpin Orchestrate VM Client? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2 Understanding the Virtual Machine Life Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.3 Using This Guide to Manage VMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 Getting Started 15
2.1 Starting and Logging In to the VM Client Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.1.1 Starting the Interface on a Windows Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.1.2 Starting the Interface on a Linux Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2 Logging In to Another Virtualization Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.3 Registering VM Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.4 Discovering Registered VM Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.5 Discovering VMs of the Registered VM Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.6 Registering VMs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3 Understanding the VM Client Interface 25
3.1 Understanding and Navigating the Welcome Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.1.1 Welcome Page Main Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.1.2 Welcome Page Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.2 Understanding the VM Client Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.2.1 Multiple VM Operator Logins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.2.2 Customizing the VM Client Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.2.3 Navigating the VM Client Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.2.4 Sorting, Searching, and Filtering Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.2.5 Viewing Additional Information in Fields or Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.3 Using the Error Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
3.4 Using the Progress View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
3.5 Resetting the VM Client Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
3.6 Changing the VM Client Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4 Managing VM Host Servers 55
4.1 Understanding VM Host Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.2 Viewing and Editing Host Server Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.2.1 Accessing Host Server Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.2.2 Using the Details Tabs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.3 Using Feedback to Manage Host Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4.4 Accessing a Host Server’s Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
4.5 Resynchronizing a Host Server’s State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5 Managing Virtual Machines 67
5.1 Viewing and Editing VM Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5.1.1 Accessing VM Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
