Virtual machines instantiated in the CloudSystem Portal or by using the OpenStack API are visible in the CloudSystem Console. (See Deploying a virtual machine instance to the cloud.) Virtual machines instantiated in CloudSystem Enterprise are visible in the CloudSystem Console and the Cloud Service Management Console.
When an instance is launched using the CloudSystem Portal, it is started and available for use. You can view attributes of the instance on the Instances screen in the CloudSystem Console.
From the Instances screen in the in the CloudSystem Console, you can perform the following actions:
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Create an image from a snapshot of an instance. This allows you to capture the attributes of the running environment of an instance and duplicate it for future use.
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Start an instance, if the instance is Suspended, Paused, or Stopped.
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Reboot an instance either with a soft reboot that restarts the instance software or with a hard reboot that forces a power cycle. Instances can be rebooted only when their state is Active, Shutoff, or Resize pending. If necessary, you can change the state in the CloudSystem Portal.
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Delete an instance. Instances can be deleted regardless of their state.
From the Instances tab in the CloudSystem Portal, you can perform additional actions on instances, including changing the state, editing, and resizing, among others.
Access the CloudSystem Portal by appending /portal to the Foundation appliance URL in your browser (for example, https://192.0.2.0/portal).
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IMPORTANT: Do not use the CloudSystem Console or the CloudSystem Portal to change the state of virtual machines that were instantiated using the Enterprise Cloud Service Management Console. CloudSystem Foundation does not propagate changes made to the instance state to CloudSystem Enterprise. Therefore, if you change instance states in Foundation, and then view the instance state in Enterprise, the state will differ from what is shown in the CloudSystem Console and Portal. CloudSystem Console provides a limited set of state change actions. Cloud users have additional options. See Enterprise Information Library for more information. |
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See also Instances screen details.
Use the filter selectors on the Filters menu bar to refine the display of information. You can filter by the state of the instances and/or by the type of operating system (OS type). See Overview screen details for descriptions of instance states and operating system types.
All statuses is the default filter for states.
All OS types is the default filter for operating system types.
Reset restores the filter to the default setting.
Use the Sort by option to sort the listed instances by any of the available choices on the drop-down list. See Overview screen details for option descriptions.