Chapter 4. Managing a Virtualization Environment
	3.6. Troubleshooting		4.2. Controlling the Host by Modifying xend Settings

Managing a Virtualization Environment

Contents

4.1. Virtual Machine Manager
4.2. Controlling the Host by Modifying xend Settings
4.3. Configuring a Virtual Machine by Modifying its xend Settings
4.4. The xm Command

Graphical utilities, text-based commands, and modified configuration files are methods you can choose from to manage your virtualization environment.Virtual Machine Manager is a graphical utility available in YaST that can be launched from the virtual machine Domain0.

Figure 4.1. Desktop Showing Virtual Machine Manager and Virtual Machines

From a command line interface on the virtual machine host, you can use the vm-install program and xm commands to create and manage virtual machines. You can also edit configuration files to change the settings of the virtual machine host or a virtual machine.

Virtual Machine Manager

From the desktop of the management virtual machine, the YaST Virtual Machine Manager provides a graphical user interface you can use to create and manage virtual machines.

	Note
Close Virtual Machine Manager if you are not actively using it and restart it when needed. Closing Virtual Machine Manager does not affect the state of virtual machines.

Figure 4.2. Virtual Machine Manager Main Console

Selecting a virtual machine and clicking Open displays the virtual machine window showing the virtual machine’s current state.
Clicking Run on the virtual machine window boots the virtual machine and displays the user interface or text console running on the virtual machine.
Selecting a virtual machine and clicking Details lets you view performance and configure hardware details associated with the virtual machine.
Clicking New in Virtual Machine Manager launches the Create Virtual Machine Wizard, which walks you through the steps required to set up a virtual machine. See also Section 3.1, “Creating a Virtual Machine”.