Virtualization

Table of Contents

1. Guests
2. Storage
3. Networks

The Systems Virtualization section allows you to manage the virtual guests registered to the selected client. This is only available when the selected client is registered as a virtual host.

For more information about virtualization, see Virtualization.

The Systems Virtualization tab is split into subtabs:

1. Guests

This section lists the virtual guests registered to the selected client. This is only available when the selected client is registered as a virtual host.

The list shows these columns:

Table 1. Virtual Guest List Columns
Column	Description
Guest	The name of the virtual guest
System	The client the virtual guest is registered to
Updates	Icon indicates if the guest has outstanding patches
State	Indicates if the guest is running, suspended, stopped, or crashed
Current Memory	The amount of RAM allocated to the guest
vCPUs	The number of virtual processors allocated to the guest
Base Software Channel	The base software channel the guest is registered to
Action Status	Any currently running action
Actions	Use these buttons to start, stop, or change the guest

To perform bulk actions on multiple virtual guests, select the guests, and click the appropriate action button above the table. For Salt clients, click Create Guest to configure and create a new virtual guest.

Virtual guests must be registered to virtual hosts. Virtual guests cannot be registered to a virtual guest.

2. Storage

This section lists the virtual storage pools and volumes defined on the selected client. This is only available when the selected client is registered as a Salt virtual host.

The list shows these columns:

Table 2. Virtual Storage Pools List Columns
Column	Description
Name	The name of the virtual storage pool or volume
State	Indicates if the pool is running, suspended, stopped, or crashed
Autostart	Checked if the pool starts automatically when the virtual host is booted
Persistent	Checked if the pool persists between virtual host reboots
Location	The absolute path to the pool on the virtual host
Usage	The percentage of storage in use. Displays `unknown` if the pool is not running.
Actions	Use these buttons to start, stop, or change the pool

Click Create Pool to configure and create a new virtual storage pool.

3. Networks

This section lists the virtual networks defined on the selected client. This is only available when the selected client is registered as a Salt virtual host.

The list shows these columns:

Table 3. Virtual Networks List Columns
Name	The name of the virtual network
State	Indicates if the network is running, suspended, stopped, or crashed
Autostart	Checked if the network starts automatically when the virtual host is booted
Persistent	Checked if the network persists between virtual host reboots
Bridge	The name of the associated network bridge
Action Status	Shows the status of any pending actions
Actions	Use these buttons to stop, edit, or delete the network

Click Create Network to configure and create a new virtual network.