Name (required)
Searchable field. Displayable characters only; double quotations not allowed; spaces not allowed as first or last character. VM Name field is changeable after creation.
Enabled [checkbox]
Default is selected(enabled). When a VM is disabled, it cannot be powered on.
Description (optional)
Multi-line field, allows for storing additional information about the VM. Description can prove very helpful in systems with large numbers of virtual machines and/or high virtual machine turnover.
OS Family [dropdown]
Select the OS family that will be installed/run on this virtual machine. Virtualization Flags are used to optimize based on the guest OS type. Performance can be adversely affected if an incorrect OS Family is selected.
OS Description (optional)
Provides further documentation area for the VM; intended for additional information about the guest OS (ex: "RC1", "SP2", "Dev Edition", "Enterprise" etc)
Snapshot Profile [dropdown]
Defines the snapshot schedule for the individual VM. Typically, this field is left blank as VM restores can easily be extracted from cloud snapshots, which include everything within the VergeIO Cloud; however, defining a snapshot profile here provides a way to perform additional, more frequent snapshots and/or longer snapshot retention for the VM. The selection list includes all
Snapshot Profiles available in the system.
HA Group
Defines a collection of VMs to provide high availability of an application or service. HA groups are created by simply entering the same name in the HA Group for all the desired Virtual Machines. When multiple VMs are assigned the same HA group, the system attempts to run the VMs across different physical Nodes in order to increase availability.
Cluster [dropdown]
Defines the primary-choice cluster (at the time of VM Power On) to be used for the VM compute resources.
Failover Cluster (optional) [dropdown]
Defines secondary-choice cluster to be used when the primary cluster is unavailable (at the time of VM Power On).
Preferred Node (optional) [dropdown]
Select the host node on which the VM will first try to startup.
Cloud-init Datasource [dropdown]
Cloud-init Integration option
Owner User (optional) [dropdown]
Allows for assigning a user to the given VM. Assigning Owner User will automatically assign List/Read permissions for the VM to the given user and will auto-delete the VM if the assigned user account is deleted.
RAM
The amount of RAM to allocate to the VM. (with GB or MB unit selection)
The UI will allow assigning a VM a higher amount of memory than is actually available. However, if the defined amount of RAM is not available when a Power on command is issued, an error will be thrown and the VM will not start.
Cores
The number of CPU cores to allocate to the VM. Cores can be overprovisioned; however, VM can only use actual cores available.
CPU Type [dropdown]
Typically it is recommended to keep the default setting as this will automatically select the CPU type that is optimized for the underlying physical host hardware (at VM creation). A different CPU type can be selected to accommodate legacy operating systems/applications and for allowing porting systems to failover sites where different physical host hardware is employed.
Boot Order [dropdown]
Defines the order in which disk devices are checked for a bootable operating system.
Machine Type [dropdown]
Emulated board architecture.
Allow Hotplug (selected by default)
This allows drives and NICs to be added without restarting the VM. Disable if guest OS or emulated hardware does not support it.
Console Type [dropdown]
Console Password Enabled (deselected by default)
If enabled, login is required with specified username/password for accessing the remote console option.
USB Tablet (selected by default)
When selected, a tablet pointer is emulated rather than a mouse, providing for less overhead and network traffic.
Video Card [dropdown]
RTC Base
Sets the time clock for the VM
UEFI (deselected by default)
Selection needed will typically depend on the guest OS to be used on the VM. (selected=UEFI, unselected=BIOS) Modifying this option on an existing VM requires a power cycle of the VM.
Serial Port [checkbox]
When enabled, a virtual serial port is created; used only for guest OS compatibility (ex: Ubuntu Cloud images require a serial port for installation.) Note: When Serial Console is selected for Console Type, this option is not displayed and a serial port is automatically created and assigned to the console.
Boot Delay (optional)
(in Seconds) Used to control the timing of booting the VM when the owning tenant/cloud is powered on. For example, a delay can be specified on a web server to allow time for its database server to boot and load first, before the web server VM is powered on.
On Power Loss [dropdown]
Determines the action taken when power is restored to the VM. (This can be after a physical power loss or after the owning tenant is powered off/on in the VergeIO UI.)
Disable Power Cycle [checkbox]
By default, when a reboot is initiated from the guest OS, the system will perform a complete power cycle (which re-initiates all of the VM hardware.) When this option is selected, a guest-OS-initiated reboot will simply reset the guest operating system without a power cycle/hardware reset.
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