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| title | Virtual Machine Memory Configuration Fields |
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| Memory for this virtual machine | Set the amount of RAM allocated to the virtual machine. Memory can only be allocated in certain increments. The table below describes the allocation rules for each virtual machine model. |
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| | Sun SPARCstion 20 | 64MB, 128MB, 256MB and 512MB. | | | Sun Enterprise 450 | 1 - 32 GB in 1 GB increments. | Memory allocator
| This option specifies the memory allocation method used for the virtual machine. The default is malloc. | | Allocator | Description | | malloc | All virtual machine RAM is allocated from system heap. | | hugetlb | All virtual machine RAM is allocate from hugetlbfs. | | mmap | All virtual machine RAM is allocated from file-backed virtual memory via mmap. |
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| title | Virtual Machine SCSI Configuration Window |
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From this window it is possible to create virtual disk and tape container files as well as attach virtual storage devices (both physical and container files) to the virtual machine.
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| title | Create New Virtual Disk Window |
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To create a virtual disk container file, follow the instructions listed below.
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| title | Create New Virtual Tape Windows |
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To create a virtual tape container file, follow the instructions listed below.
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| 1. | Specify a name for the virtual tape container file in the field Virtual tape name | | 2. | Select the location on the host file system for the container file by clicking the button Location and navigating to the correct path. | | 3. | Specify the size for the virtual tape file in megabytes (MB) in the field Tape size. | | 4. | Click the button labelled Create to generate the virtual tape container file. Depending on the size of the container file, this may take some time. |
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Add/Edit Virtual
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SCSI Device
To add a new virtual disk device click the button labelled Add... To adjust an existing virtual disk device, select it from the list of configured devices and click the button labelled Edit.... In both cases a widow similar to the one below will pop up to further configure the virtual disk device.
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| title | Add/Edit Virtual Disk Device Window |
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The following table lists each of the fields in the Add/Edit SCSI Device configuration window and describes their operation.
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All fields marked with a * are related to the geometry of a virtual disk container file and are not typically set. These options are available for instances where an exact disk device configuration is necessary| Field | Description |
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| SCSI device name | | SCSI device type | Virtual Disk or Physical disk... | | SCSI device path | | | Bypass | | | Bytes Per Sector* | | | Sectors Per Track* | | | Tracks Per Cylinder* | | | Cylinders Per Unit* | | | Vendor* | | Product*| bus | | Version* | SCSI ID | |
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| title | Virtual Machine Log Configuration Windows |
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The following table lists each of the fields in the log configuration window and describes their operation.
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| title | Renaming a Virtual Machine |
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| 1. | Click the virtual machine to rename in the left hand pane. | | 2. | Take note of the name of the configuration file in the field Config file. This will be needed later in step 5. | | 3. | Right-click the virtual machine name and select Remove VM from the List. Image Removed Image Added | Info |
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This action will not ask for any confirmation and the virtual machine will be immediately removed from the list. |
| | 4. | Click the icon labelled Open a Virtual Machineon the main management console splash screen. | | 5. | A new window labelled Open Virtual Machine will appear. To continue: - Click the icon labelled Config file name
- Navigate to configuration file saved from step 2 and click the button labelled Open.
| | 6. | Enter the new name of the virtual machine in the field labelled New VM name. Image Removed Image Added | | 7. | Click the button labelled Open. |
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| title | Steps to Remove a Virtual Machine |
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| 1. | Click the name of the virtual machine that is to be removed in the left hand pane of the management console. | | 2. | Click the button labelled Edit Virtual Machine. | | 3. | You will be presented with the Virtual Machine Settings window. From here, click on the SCSI Device configuration in the left-hand pane. If any of the SCSI devices are container files, take note of their locations. In the example below, the devices DKA0, DKA100 and MKA600 are all container files. Image Removed Image Added | | 4. | Click the button labelled Cancel to leave the Virtual Machine Settings window. | | 5. | - Right-click the name of the virtual machine in the left hand pane of the management console.
- Select Delete VM from Disk.
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The management console does not confirm this action and the configuration and log files are immediately deleted. |
| | 6. | Any container files (virtual disk or tape) that were part of the configuration are still present on the system. These should have been noted in step 3. To remove them, either connect to the remote system using SSH or if connected to the console of a CHARON-AXP/SMA for GNU/Linux VE SSP Virtual Environment system, press Ctrl+WinKey+F12 to open the shell. Navigate to the appropriate path and remove the container files. |
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