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Creating a CHARON Virtual Machine
Creating a CHARON VM using provided templates
CHARON installation contains a set of template files for creating a base configuration for each AXP model. Once CHARON Virtual Machine (VM) is created using these templates it can be configured further to meet your requirements and all the specifics of the emulated system.
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Creating a CHARON VM using an existing configuration file
It is also possible to use any existing configuration file for creating CHARON Virtual Machine.
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Running a CHARON Virtual Machine
Select the target CHARON VM in the left pane and press the "Start" button:
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Stopping a CHARON Virtual Machine
Select the target CHARON VM in the left pane and press the "Stop" button:
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Removing a CHARON Virtual Machine
It is also possible to remove a CHARON VM completely by selecting it and pressing the "Remove VM" button:
CHARON Virtual Machines Manager will ask for confirmation:
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CHARON Virtual Machines Manager will ask for confirmation:
Press the "Remove" button and confirm CHARON VM removing by pressing the "Yes" button:
Service functions
CHARON Virtual Machines Manager also provides the following additional functionality useful for starting CHARON and controlling its execution:
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CHARON Virtual Machines Manager updates the displayed log once in 5 minutes. This is the default value, it can be changed in the "Settings" dialog of the program system menu:
Right click on top of CHARON Virtual Machines Manager window and select "Settings":
In the appearing dialog you can change the default value of the log refresh:
If it is required to see most up-to-date version of the log press the "Update Log" button.
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Modifying a CHARON Virtual Machine
Select the target CHARON VM and switch to the "VM Configuration" tab to see its features:
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Alternatively it is possible to select the target CHARON VM and press "Change VM" button:
Alternatively it is possible to select the target CHARON VM and press "Change VM" button:
Using this dialog it is possible to:
- Explore the Home Directory of CHARON VM.
- Create virtual disks (press the "Create Virtual Disks" button)
- Edit CHARON VM configuration
- Change the startup mode
- Select CHARON version used for this Virtual Machine
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Exploring CHARON Virtual Machine Home Directory
Press the "Explore" button to open up Windows Exprorer window showing content of the selected CHARON VM:
This content includes CHARON VM configuration file, and may also include virtual disk and tape images, logs, ROM files etc.
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It is very convenient to use the "Create Virtual Disk" button to create empty disk images in the CHARON VM Home Directory:
The MkDisk utility will be called for this operation:
Refer to the "Utilities" section of this User's Guide for more information about the MkDisk utility.
Press "Explore" button to open up Windows Exprorer Windows Explorer window showing content of the selected CHARON VM home folder:
This content includes CHARON VM configuration file, and may also include virtual disk and tape images, logs, ROM files etc.
Making a new virtual disk
It is very convenient to use the "Create Virtual Disk" button to create empty disk images in the CHARON VM Home Directory:
The MkDisk utility will be called for this operation:
Refer to the "Utilities" section of this User's Guide for more information about the MkDisk utility.
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CHARON Virtual Machine startup mode
Select the CHARON VM startup behavior with in the "Startup type" settingdrop down list:
By default this setting is set to "Manual"; it assumes that a user should run CHARON VM manually from CHARON Virtual Machines Manager after a host reboot. If the CHARON VM has to start automatically, select the "Automatic" option.
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Service functions
CHARON Virtual Machines Manager also provides the following additional functionality useful for starting CHARON and controlling its execution:
| Function | Description |
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| Update Log | CHARON Virtual Machines Manager updates the displayed log once in 5 minutes. This is the default value, it can be changed in the "Settings" dialog of the program system menu: Right click on top of CHARON Virtual Machines Manager window and select "Settings":
In the appearing dialog you can change the default value of the log refresh:
If it is required to see most up-to-date version of the log press the "Update Log" button. |
| Display Log | Creates a separate window containing the selected CHARON VM log |
| Show Console | Opens the selected CHARON VM console if it has been closed |
Running CHARON utilities
Select the "Host Information & Utilities" tab to see get a quick access page for to the most useful CHARON utilities:
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| Sentinel Admin Control Center | Used to view CHARON licenses and manage them. | ||
Used to display the CHARON license content. | |||
| License Update Tool | Used to manage CHARON licenses, collect the host system fingerprint and to transfer software licenses from one host to another. | ||
| Network Control Center | Used to configure a CHARON network. | ||
| Device check tool | Used to review system resources that can be mapped to CHARON. | Network Control Center | Used to configure a CHARON network. |
| Disk image generator | GUI-based utility used to create custom or standard CHARON virtual disk containers. |
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