After you add a vCenter, the vCenter VM instances are automatically synchronized to ZStack Cloud. You can also create vCenter VM instances on local.
To create vCenter VM instances, you need to set up a vCenter network (public network, flat network, or VPC network) on ZStack Cloud in advance. For detailed method, see Create a vCenter Network.
The following describes how to create a vCenter VM instance on ZStack Cloud.
On the main menu of ZStack Cloud, choose . On the VM Instance page, click Create VM Instance. Then, the Create VM Instance page is displayed.
You can click Add Network Configuration to configure another network.
On the main menu of ZStack Cloud, choose . Then, the VM Instance page is displayed.
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Create vCenter VM Instance | Create a vCenter VM instance on ZStack Cloud. |
Edit vCenter VM Instance | Edit the name and the description of a vCenter VM instance. |
Change Group | Change the VM group a vCenter VM instance affiliated to. |
Start vCenter VM Instance | Start a stopped vCenter VM instance. |
Stop vCenter VM Instance | Stop a running vCenter VM instance. Note: If the VM instance has HA enabled, you can make the VM instance not automatically reboot this time after being stopped. |
Reboot vCenter VM Instance | Reboot a running vCenter VM instance. |
Resume vCenter VM Instance | Resume a paused vCenter VM instance. |
Pause vCenter VM Instance | Pause a running vCenter VM instance. Note: Pausing the vCenter VM instance does not equal to stopping the VM instance. Stopping a paused VM instance may influence the operation of the business. |
Power Off vCenter VM Instance | Force a running vCenter VM instance into the stopped state. Note: We recommend that you do not power off a VM instance in general scenarios. |
Launch Console | You can enter the operating system of a vCenter VM instance by launching its console. Note:
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Clone vCenter VM Instance | Clone a VM instance that has the identical system with an existing vCenter VM instance according to its instance offering.
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Migrate vCenter VM Instance | Migrate a vCenter VM instance to another compute node.
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Modify Instance Offering | You can modify the CPU/memory of a vCenter VM instance offline. |
Change Owner | Change the owner of a vCenter VM instance. Note: ZStack Cloud supports multi-account management for the managed vCenters. Normal accounts and project members can perform actions on vCenter VM instances. |
Set VM HA | Set an HA mode for a vCenter VM instance. NeverStop mode means enabled the HA feature. When a VM instance is shut down due to exceptions, this mode can trigger an automatic VM reboot to improve the VM availability. Note:
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Set Console Password | Set the console password for a vCenter VM instance.
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Attach Volume | Attach an available volume to a vCenter VM instance. |
Detach Volume | Detach a volume that you attached before from a vCenter VM instance. |
Delete vCenter VM Instance | Deleting a vCenter VM instance and its local records. In addition, the actual VM instances on the remote vCenter is stopped. |
Recover vCenter VM Instance | Recover a deleted vCenter VM instance. Note: The recovered VM instance goes to the VM group it affiliated to before it was deleted. If the original group has been deleted, the VM instance goes to the default group. |
Expunge vCenter VM instance | Expunge a deleted vCenter VM instance. This action expunges the local records and the actual VM instance on the remote vCenter. |
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