8.4 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 step of the tutorial starts the virtual machine created with an ISO file, and logs into the virtual machine console.

To start a virtual machine and connect to the console:

  1. Click the Servers and VMs tab. Select the server pool in which the virtual machine is deployed in the navigation pane.

  2. From the Perspective field in the management pane, select Virtual Machines from the drop-down list.

    This figure shows the Virtual Machines perspective in the Servers and VMs tab.
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  3. Select the virtual machine in the table and click Start Start icon in the management pane toolbar.

    This figure shows the Start icon in the Virtual Machines perspective in the Servers and VMs tab.
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  4. 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 Launch Console Launch Console icon in the management pane toolbar.

    This figure shows the Launch Console icon in the Virtual Machines perspective in the Servers and VMs tab.
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  5. 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.
    Click to view larger image start_vm_console.png

See Create Virtual Machine for more information on creating virtual machines.

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