Virtual machine lifecycle
How vStack Center manages VMs: desired and actual state, locks, configuration version, disk mode, deferred operations, and capacity limits
How to create, delete, and move a virtual machine
Creating a VM with the wizard: OS profile and image, storage pool selection, field value limits, VM deletion, and moving between VDCs
How to manage VM power and connect to the console
Starting with node selection, stopping and restarting, suspending and resuming, bulk pool operations, VNC and Text consoles, and unlocking
How to manage VM disks and compute resources
Adding, expanding, and deleting disks, labels and I/O limits, changing vCPU and RAM, ballooning, and vCPU priority and class
How to connect a VM to a network
Adding a VM network interface, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, a manually specified MAC address, IP guard, a port rate limit, and deleting an interface
How to take VM snapshots and roll back to them
Creating a VM snapshot, listing VM and cluster snapshots, deleting a snapshot, rolling back to a snapshot, and what rollback does not restore
How to migrate and clone a VM
Live migration of a running VM to another node, data migration between storage pools, an instant CoW clone of a stopped VM, and restoring a VM from the import area
VM inventory, metrics, and configuration validation
Read method reference: VM list and card, status reference, status history, performance metrics, configuration validation, and inventory