9.3. Starting a virtual machine and connecting to the console

When a virtual machine is created, it is deployed to the server pool in a stopped state. This tutorial starts the virtual machine created with an ISO file, and logs into the virtual machine console.

  1. To start a virtual machine, select the virtual machine and click Start.

    This figure shows the Home view with the Server Pools folder and the Info tab displayed.
  2. When the virtual machine is running, you can connect to the virtual machine's console and log in, if required. To connect to the console, click Console.

    This figure shows the Home view with the Server pools folder and the Console icon selected.
  3. A dialog box, similar to the following, is displayed requesting to start a Java proxy to connect to the virtual machine. Click OK.

    This figure shows the open Java proxy dialog box to connect to the virtual machine.
  4. The virtual machine console is displayed. Log in and interact with the virtual machine as you would through any other VNC session. This example shows the initial installation screen for the virtual machine created with the Oracle Linux operating system ISO file.

    This figure shows the virtual machine console screen.

See Managing Virtual Machines for more information on creating and managing virtual machines.