Procedure

1. Log in to the web console.

   For details, see Logging in to the web console.

2. Open Networking.
3. Click the Add Bond button.
4. In the Bond Settings dialog box, enter a name for the new bond.
5. In the Members field, select interfaces which should be a member of the bond.

6. [Optional] In the MAC drop down list, select a MAC address which will be used for this interface.

   If you leave the MAC field empty, the bond will get one of the addresses that are listed in the drop down list.

7. In the Mode drop down list, select the mode.

   For details, see Section 7.1.2, “Bond modes”.

8. If you select Active Backup, select the primary interface.

   

9. In the Link Monitoring drop down menu, leave here the MII option.

   Only the adaptive load balancing mode requires to switch this option to ARP.

10. The Monitoring Interval, Link up delay, and Link down delay fields, which contain values in milliseconds, leave as they are. Change it only for a troubleshooting purpose.

11. Click Apply.

    

Procedure

1. Log in to the web console.

   For details, see Logging in to the web console.

2. Open Networking.
3. In the Interfaces table, click on the bond you want to configure.
4. In the bond settings screen, scroll down to the table of members (interfaces).
5. Click the + icon.

6. Select the interface in the drop down list and click it.

   

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL web console.

   For details, see Logging in to the web console.

2. Open Networking.
3. Click the bond you want to configure.
4. In the bond settings screen, scroll down to the table of ports (interfaces).

5. Select the interface and and remove or disable it:

   • Click the - icon to remove the interface.
   • Switch the ON/OFF button to Off.

   

Procedure

1. Log in to the web console.

   For details, see Logging in to the web console.

2. Open Networking.
3. Click the bond you want to remove.

4. In the bond settings screen, you can disable the bond with the ON/OFF button or click the Delete button to remove the bond permanently.

   

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL web console.

   For details, see Logging in to the web console.

2. Open Networking.

3. Click the Add Bridge button.

   

4. In the Bridge Settings dialog box, enter a name for the new bridge.
5. In the Port field, select interfaces which you want to put to the one subnet.

6. Optionally, you can select the Spanning Tree protocol (STP) to avoid bridge loops and broadcast radiation.

   If you do not have a strong preference, leave the predefined values as they are.

   

7. Click Create.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL web console.

   For details, see Logging in to the web console.

2. Open the Networking section.

3. Click the interface where you want to set the static IP address.

   

4. In the interface details screen, click the IPv4 configuration.

   

5. In the IPv4 Settings dialog box, select Manual in the Addresses drop down list.

   

6. Click Apply.

7. In the Addresses field, enter the desired IP address, netmask and gateway.

   

8. Click Apply.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL web console.

   For details, see Logging in to the web console.

2. Open Networking.

3. Click the bridge you want to configure.

   

4. In the bridge settings screen, scroll down to the table of ports (interfaces).

   

5. Select the interface and click the - icon.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL web console.

   For details, see Logging in to the web console.

2. Open the Networking section.

3. Click the bridge you want to configure.

   

4. In the bridge settings screen, scroll down to the table of ports.

   

5. Click Delete.

Procedure

1. To add a new port number, run the following command:

   $ sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --service cockpit --add-port=PORT_NUMBER/tcp

2. To remove the old port number from the cockpit service, run:

   $ sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --service cockpit --remove-port=OLD_PORT_NUMBER/tcp

Procedure

1. Change the listening port with one of the following methods:

   1. Using the systemctl edit cockpit.socket command:

      1. Run the following command:

         $ sudo systemctl edit cockpit.socket

         This will open the /etc/systemd/system/cockpit.socket.d/override.conf file.

      2. Modify the content of override.conf or add a new content in the following format:

         [Socket]
         ListenStream=
         ListenStream=PORT_NUMBER

   2. Alternatively, add the above mentioned content to the /etc/systemd/system/cockpit.socket.d/listen.conf file.

      Create the cockpit.socket.d. directory and the listen.conf file if they do not exist yet.

2. Run the following commands for changes to take effect:

   $ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
   $ sudo systemctl restart cockpit.socket

   If you used systemctl edit cockpit.socket in the previous step, running systemctl daemon-reload is not necessary.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL 8 web console.

   For details, see Logging in to the web console.

2. Click Storage.

3. Click + in the NFS mounts section.

   

4. In the New NFS Mount dialog box, enter the server or IP address of the remote server.
5. In the Path on Server field, enter the path to the directory you want to mount.
6. In the Local Mount Point field, enter the path where you want to find the directory in your local system.
7. Select Mount at boot. This ensures that the directory will be reachable also after the restart of the local system.

8. Optionally, select Mount read only if you do not want to change the content.

   

9. Click Add.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL 8 web console.

   For details, see Logging in to the web console.

2. Click Storage.
3. Click on the NFS mount you want to adjust.

4. If the remote directory is mounted, click Unmount.

   The directory must not be mounted during the custom mount options configuration. Otherwise the web console does not save the configuration and this will cause an error.

   

5. Click Edit.

   

6. In the NFS Mount dialog box, select Custom mount option.

7. Enter mount options separated by a comma. For example:

   • nfsvers=4 — the NFS protocol version number
   • soft — type of recovery after an NFS request times out
   • sec=krb5 — files on the NFS server can be secured by Kerberos authentication. Both the NFS client and server have to support Kerberos authentication.

   

   For a complete list of the NFS mount options, enter man nfs in the command line.

8. Click Apply.
9. Click Mount.

Procedure

1. Open the RHEL 8 web console.
2. Click Storage.

3. Click the + icon in the RAID Devices box.

   

4. In the Create RAID Device dialog box, enter a name for a new RAID.
5. In the RAID Level drop-down list, select a level of RAID you want to use.

6. In the Chunk Size drop-down list, leave the predefined value as it is.

   The Chunk Size value specifies how large is each block for data writing. If the chunk size is 512 KiB, the system writes the first 512 KiB to the first disk, the second 512 KiB is written to the second disk, and the third chunk will be written to the third disk. If you have three disks in your RAID, the fourth 512 KiB will be written to the first disk again.

7. Select disks you want to use for RAID.

   

8. Click Create.

Procedure

1. Open the RHEL 8 web console.
2. Click Storage.
3. In the RAID devices box, choose the RAID you want to format by clicking on it.
4. In the RAID details screen, scroll down to the Content part.

5. Click to the newly created RAID.

   

6. Click the Format button.

7. In the Erase drop-down list, select:

   • Don’t overwrite existing data — the RHEL web console rewrites only the disk header. Advantage of this option is speed of formatting.
   • Overwrite existing data with zeros — the RHEL web console rewrites the whole disk with zeros. This option is slower because the program has to go through the whole disk. Use this option if the RAID includes any data and you need to rewrite it.
8. In the Type drop-down list, select a XFS file system, if you do not have another strong preference.
9. Enter a name of the file system.

10. In the Mounting drop down list, select Custom.

    The Default option does not ensure that the file system will be mounted on the next boot.

11. In the Mount Point field, add the mount path.
12. Select Mount at boot.

13. Click the Format button.

    Formatting can take several minutes depending on the used formatting options and size of RAID.

    After successful finish, you can see the details of the formatted RAID on the Filesystem tab.

    

14. To use the RAID, click Mount.

Procedure

1. Open the RHEL 8 web console.
2. Click Storage.
3. In the RAID devices box, select the RAID you want to edit.
4. In the RAID details screen, scroll down to the Content part.

5. Click to the newly created RAID.

   

6. Click the Create partition table button.

7. In the Erase drop-down list, select:

   • Don’t overwrite existing data — the RHEL web console rewrites only the disk header. Advantage of this option is speed of formatting.
   • Overwrite existing data with zeros — the RHEL web console rewrites the whole RAID with zeros. This option is slower because the program has to go through the whole RAID. Use this option if RAID includes any data and you need to rewrite it.

8. In the Partitioning drop-down list, select:

   • Compatible with modern system and hard disks > 2TB (GPT) — GUID Partition Table is a modern recommended partitioning system for large RAIDs with more than four partitions.

   • Compatible with all systems and devices (MBR) — Master Boot Record works with disks up to 2 TB in size. MBR also support four primary partitions max.

     

9. Click Format.

Procedure

1. Open the RHEL 8 web console.
2. Click Storage.
3. In the RAID devices box, click to the RAID you want to edit.
4. In the RAID details screen, scroll down to the Content part.
5. Click to the newly created RAID.
6. Click Create Partition.
7. In the Create partition dialog box, set up the size of the first partition.

8. In the Erase drop-down list, select:

   • Don’t overwrite existing data — the RHEL web console rewrites only the disk header. Advantage of this option is speed of formatting.
   • Overwrite existing data with zeros — the RHEL web console rewrites the whole RAID with zeros. This option is slower because the program have to go through the whole RAID. Use this option if RAID includes any data and you need to rewrite it.
9. In the Type drop-down list, select a XFS file system, if you do not have another strong preference.
10. Enter any name for the file system. Do not use spaces in the name.

11. In the Mounting drop down list, select Custom.

    The Default option does not ensure that the file system will be mounted on the next boot.

12. In the Mount Point field, add the mount path.
13. Select Mount at boot.

14. Click Create partition.

    

Procedure

1. Open the RHEL 8 web console.
2. Click Storage.
3. Click the + icon in the Volume Groups box.
4. In the Create Volume Group dialog box, enter a name for the new volume group.

5. In the Disks list, select a RAID device.

   If you do not see the RAID in the list, unmount the RAID from the system. The RAID device must not be used by the RHEL 8 system.

   

6. Click Create.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL 8 web console.
2. Click Storage.

3. Click the + icon in the Volume Groups box.

   

4. In the Name field, enter a name of a group without spaces.

5. Select the drives you want to combine to create the volume group.

   

   It might happen that you cannot see devices as you expected. The RHEL web console displays only unused block devices. Used devices means, for example:

   • Devices formatted with a file system
   • Physical volumes in another volume group

   • Physical volumes being a member of another software RAID device

     If you do not see the device, format it to be empty and unused.

6. Click Create.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL 8 web console.
2. Click Storage.
3. Click the volume group in which you want to create logical volumes.
4. Click Create new Logical Volume.
5. In the Name field, enter a name for the new logical volume without spaces.

6. In the Purpose drop down menu, select Block device for filesystems.

   This configuration enables you to create a logical volume with the maximum volume size which is equal to the sum of the capacities of all drives included in the volume group.

   

7. Define the size of the logical volume. Consider:

   • How much space the system using this logical volume will need.
   • How many logical volumes you want to create.

   You do not have to use the whole space. If necessary, you can grow the logical volume later.

   

8. Click Create.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL web console.
2. Click Storage.
3. Click the volume group in which the logical volume is placed.
4. Click the logical volume.

5. Click on the Unrecognized Data tab.

   

6. Click Format.

7. In the Erase drop down menu, select:

   • Don’t overwrite existing data — the RHEL web console rewrites only the disk header. Advantage of this option is speed of formatting.
   • Overwrite existing data with zeros — the RHEL web console rewrites the whole disk with zeros. This option is slower because the program have to go through the whole disk. Use this option if the disk includes any data and you need to overwrite it.

8. In the Type drop down menu, select a file system:

   • XFS file system supports large logical volumes, switching physical drives online without outage, and growing an existing file system. Leave this file system selected if you do not have a different strong preference.

     XFS does not support reducing the size of a volume formatted with an XFS file system

   • ext4 file system supports:

     • Logical volumes
     • Switching physical drives online without outage
     • Growing a file system
     • Shrinking a file system

   You can also select a version with the LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) encryption, which allows you to encrypt the volume with a passphrase.

9. In the Name field, enter the logical volume name.

10. In the Mounting drop down menu, select Custom.

    The Default option does not ensure that the file system will be mounted on the next boot.

11. In the Mount Point field, add the mount path.

12. Select Mount at boot.

    

13. Click Format.

    Formatting can take several minutes depending on the volume size and which formatting options are selected.

    After the formatting has completed successfully, you can see the details of the formatted logical volume on the Filesystem tab.

    

14. To use the logical volume, click Mount.

1. Log in to the RHEL web console.
2. Click Storage.
3. Click the volume group in which the logical volume is placed.
4. Click the logical volume.
5. On the Volume tab, click Grow.

6. In the Grow Logical Volume dialog box, adjust volume space.

   

7. Click Grow.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL 8 web console.
2. Click Storage.
3. Click the volume group in which you want to create thin volumes.
4. Click Create new Logical Volume.
5. In the Name field, enter a name for the new pool of thin volumes without spaces.

6. In the Purpose drop down menu, select Pool for thinly provisioned volumes. This configuration enables you to create the thin volume.

   

7. Define the size of the pool of thin volumes. Consider:

   • How many thin volumes you will need in this pool?
   • What is the expected size of each thin volume?

   You do not have to use the whole space. If necessary, you can grow the pool later.

   

8. Click Create.

   The pool for thin volumes has been created and you can add thin volumes.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL 8 web console.
2. Click Storage.
3. Click the volume group in which you want to create thin volumes.
4. Click the desired pool.

5. Click Create Thin Volume.

   

6. In the Create Thin Volume dialog box, enter a name for the thin volume without spaces.

7. Define the size of the thin volume.

   

8. Click Create.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL web console.
2. Click Storage.
3. Click the volume group in which the logical volume is placed.
4. Click the logical volume.

5. Click on the Unrecognized Data tab.

   

6. Click Format.

7. In the Erase drop down menu, select:

   • Don’t overwrite existing data — the RHEL web console rewrites only the disk header. Advantage of this option is speed of formatting.
   • Overwrite existing data with zeros — the RHEL web console rewrites the whole disk with zeros. This option is slower because the program have to go through the whole disk. Use this option if the disk includes any data and you need to overwrite it.

8. In the Type drop down menu, select a file system:

   • XFS file system supports large logical volumes, switching physical drives online without outage, and growing an existing file system. Leave this file system selected if you do not have a different strong preference.

     XFS does not support reducing the size of a volume formatted with an XFS file system

   • ext4 file system supports:

     • Logical volumes
     • Switching physical drives online without outage
     • Growing a file system
     • Shrinking a file system

   You can also select a version with the LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) encryption, which allows you to encrypt the volume with a passphrase.

9. In the Name field, enter the logical volume name.

10. In the Mounting drop down menu, select Custom.

    The Default option does not ensure that the file system will be mounted on the next boot.

11. In the Mount Point field, add the mount path.

12. Select Mount at boot.

    

13. Click Format.

    Formatting can take several minutes depending on the volume size and which formatting options are selected.

    After the formatting has completed successfully, you can see the details of the formatted logical volume on the Filesystem tab.

    

14. To use the logical volume, click Mount.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL 8 web console.
2. Click Storage.
3. In the Volume Groups box, click the volume group in which you want to add a physical volume.

4. In the Physical Volumes box, click the + icon.

   

5. In the Add Disks dialog box, select the preferred drive and click Add.

   

1. Log in to the RHEL 8 web console.
2. Click Storage.
3. Click the volume group in which you have the logical volume.
4. In the Physical Volumes section, locate the preferred volume.

5. Click the - icon.

   The RHEL 8 web console verifies, if the logical volume has enough free space for removing the disk. If not, you cannot remove the disk and it is necessary to add another disk first. For details, see Adding physical drives to logical volumes in the web console.

   

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL 8 web console.

   For details, see Logging in to the web console.

2. Click Storage.

3. Click the + icon in the VDO Devices box.

   

4. In the Name field, enter a name of a VDO volume without spaces.
5. Select the drive that you want to use.

6. In the Logical Size bar, set up the size of the VDO volume. You can extend it more than ten times, but consider for what purpose you are creating the VDO volume:

   • For active VMs or container storage, use logical size that is ten times the physical size of the volume.
   • For object storage, use logical size that is three times the physical size of the volume.

   For details, see Deploying VDO.

7. In the Index Memory bar, allocate memory for the VDO volume.

   For details about VDO system requirements, see System Requirements.

8. Select the Compression option. This option can efficiently reduce various file formats.

   For details, see Enabling or disabling compression in VDO.

9. Select the Deduplication option.

   This option reduces the consumption of storage resources by eliminating multiple copies of duplicate blocks. For details, see Enabling or disabling deduplication in VDO.

10. [Optional] If you want to use the VDO volume with applications that need a 512 bytes block size, select Use 512 Byte emulation. This reduces the performance of the VDO volume, but should be very rarely needed. If in doubt, leave it off.

11. Click Create.

    

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL 8 web console.

   For details, see Logging in to the web console.

2. Click Storage.
3. Click the VDO volume.
4. Click on the Unrecognized Data tab.

5. Click Format.

   

6. In the Erase drop down menu, select:

   Don’t overwrite existing data

   The RHEL web console rewrites only the disk header. The advantage of this option is the speed of formatting.

   Overwrite existing data with zeros

   The RHEL web console rewrites the whole disk with zeros. This option is slower because the program has to go through the whole disk. Use this option if the disk includes any data and you need to rewrite them.

7. In the Type drop down menu, select a filesystem:

   • The XFS file system supports large logical volumes, switching physical drives online without outage, and growing. Leave this file system selected if you do not have a different strong preference.

     XFS does not support shrinking volumes. Therefore, you will not be able to reduce volume formatted with XFS.

   • The ext4 file system supports logical volumes, switching physical drives online without outage, growing, and shrinking.

   You can also select a version with the LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) encryption, which allows you to encrypt the volume with a passphrase.

8. In the Name field, enter the logical volume name.

9. In the Mounting drop down menu, select Custom.

   The Default option does not ensure that the file system will be mounted on the next boot.

10. In the Mount Point field, add the mount path.

11. Select Mount at boot.

    

12. Click Format.

    Formatting can take several minutes depending on the used formatting options and the volume size.

    After a successful finish, you can see the details of the formatted VDO volume on the Filesystem tab.

    

13. To use the VDO volume, click Mount.

Procedure

1. Log in to the RHEL 8 web console.

   For details, see Logging in to the web console.

2. Click Storage.

3. Click your VDO volume in the VDO Devices box.

   

4. In the VDO volume details, click the Grow button.

5. In the Grow logical size of VDO dialog box, extend the logical size of the VDO volume.

   

   Original size of the logical volume from the screenshot was 6 GB. As you can see, the RHEL web console enables you to grow the volume to more than ten times the size and it works correctly because of the compression and deduplication.

6. Click Grow.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface of the web console, click Create VM.

   The Create New Virtual Machine dialog appears.

   

2. Enter the basic configuration of the VM you want to create.

   • Name - The name of the VM.
   • Installation Type - The installation can use a local installation medium, a URL, a PXE network boot, or a disk image of an existing VM.
   • Operating System - The VM’s operating system. Note that Red Hat provides support only for a limited set of guest operating systems.
   • Storage - The type of storage with which to configure the VM.
   • Size - The amount of storage space with which to configure the VM.
   • Memory - The amount of memory with which to configure the VM.
   • Immediately Start VM - Whether or not the VM will start immediately after it is created.

3. Click Create.

   The VM is created. If the Immediately Start VM checkbox is selected, the VM will immediately start and begin installing the guest operating system.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface, click a row with the name of the VM on which you want to install a guest OS.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for installing and deleting the VM.

2. Click Install.

   The installation routine of the operating system runs in the VM console.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface, click a row with the name of the VM you want to start.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click Run.

   The VM starts, and you can connect to its console or graphical output.

3. Optional: To set up the VM to start automatically when the host starts, click the Autostart checkbox.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface, click a row with the name of the VM you want to shut down.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click Shut Down.

   The VM shuts down.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface, click a row with the name of the VM you want to restart.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click Restart.

   The VM shuts down and restarts.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface, click a row with the name of the VM to which you want to send an NMI.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click the arrow next to the Shut Down button and select Send Non-Maskable Interrupt.

   An NMI is sent to the VM.

Procedure

1. Click Storage Pools at the top of the Virtual Machines interface. The Storage Pools window appears, showing a list of configured storage pools.

   

   The information includes the following:

   • Name - The name of the storage pool.
   • Size - The size of the storage pool.
   • Connection - The connection used to access the storage pool.
   • State - The state of the storage pool.

2. Click a row with the name of the storage whose information you want to see.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with the following information about the selected storage pool:

   • Path - The path to the storage pool.
   • Persistent - Whether or not the storage pool is persistent.
   • Autostart - Whether or not the storage pool starts automatically.
   • Type - The type of the storage pool.
   

3. To view a list of storage volumes created from the storage pool, click Storage Volumes.

   The Storage Volumes pane appears, showing a list of configured storage volumes with their sizes and the amount of space used.

   

Procedure

1. Click Virtual Machines in the web console side menu.

2. Click a row with the name of the VM whose information you want to see.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

3. If another tab is selected, click Overview.

   

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface, click a row with the name of the VM whose information you want to see.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click Usage.

   The Usage pane appears with information about the memory and virtual CPU usage of the VM.

Procedure

1. Click a row with the name of the VM whose information you want to see.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click Disks.

   The Disks pane appears with information about the disks assigned to the VM.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface, click a row with the name of the VM whose information you want to see.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click Network Interfaces.

   The Networks Interfaces pane appears with information about the virtual network interface configured for the VM.

   

   The information includes the following:

   • Type - The type of network interface for the VM. Types include direct, network, bridge, ethernet, hostdev, mcast, user, and server.
   • Model type - The model of the virtual network interface.
   • MAC Address - The MAC address of the virtual network interface.
   • IP Address - The IP address of the virtual network interface.
   • Source - The source of the network interface. This is dependent on the network type.
   • State - The state of the virtual network interface.

3. To edit the virtual network interface settings, Click Edit. The Virtual Network Interface Settings dialog opens.

   
4. Change the interface type, source, or model.

5. Click Save. The network interface is modified.

   Note

   Changes to the virtual network interface settings take effect only after restarting the VM.

Procedure

1. Click a row with the name of the VM whose information you want to see.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click Disks.

   The Disks pane appears with information about the disks assigned to the VM.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface, click a row with the name of the VM for which you want to create and attach a new disk.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click Disks.

   The Disks pane appears with information about the disks configured for the VM.

   

3. Click Add Disk.

   The Add Disk dialog appears.

4. Select the Create New option.

5. Configure the new disk.

   • Pool - Select the storage pool from which the virtual disk will be created.

     Note

     When creating new disks for VMs using the web console, you can select only directory-type storage pools.

   • Name - Enter a name for the virtual disk that will be created.
   • Size - Enter the size and select the unit (MiB or GiB) of the virtual disk that will be created.
   • Format - Select the format for the virtual disk that will be created. The supported types are qcow2 and raw.

   • Persistence - If checked, the virtual disk is persistent. If not checked, the virtual disk is transient.

     Note

     Transient disks can only be added to VMs that are running.

   • Addditional Options - Set additional configurations for the virtual disk.

     • Cache - Select the type of cache for the virtual disk.
     • Bus - Select the type of bus for the virtual disk.

6. Click Add.

   The virtual disk is created and connected to the VM.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface, click a row with the name of the VM to which you want to attach an existing disk.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click Disks.

   The Disks pane appears with information about the disks configured for the VM.

   

3. Click Add Disk.

   The Add Disk dialog appears.

   

4. Click the Use Existing button.

   The appropriate configuration fields appear in the Add Disk dialog.

   

5. Configure the disk for the VM.

   • Pool - Select the storage pool from which the virtual disk will be attached.

     Note

     When using the web console, you can select only directory-type storage pools for attaching disks to VMs.

   • Volume - Select the storage volume that will be attached.
   • Persistence - Check to make the virtual disk persistent. Clear to make the virtual disk transient.

   • Additional Options - Set additional configurations for the virtual disk.

     • Cache - Select the type of cache for the virtual disk.
     • Bus - Select the type of bus for the virtual disk.

6. Click Add

   The selected virtual disk is attached to the VM.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface, click a row with the name of the VM from which you want to detach an existing disk.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click Disks.

   The Disks pane appears with information about the disks configured for the VM.

   

3. Click the Remove button next to the disk you want to detach from the VM. A Remove Disk confirmation dialog appears.

4. In the confirmation dialog, click Remove.

   The virtual disk is detached from the VM.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface, click a row with the name of the VM whose information you want to see.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click Network Interfaces.

   The Networks Interfaces pane appears with information about the virtual network interface configured for the VM.

   

   The information includes the following:

   • Type - The type of network interface for the VM. Types include direct, network, bridge, ethernet, hostdev, mcast, user, and server.
   • Model type - The model of the virtual network interface.
   • MAC Address - The MAC address of the virtual network interface.
   • IP Address - The IP address of the virtual network interface.
   • Source - The source of the network interface. This is dependent on the network type.
   • State - The state of the virtual network interface.

3. To edit the virtual network interface settings, Click Edit. The Virtual Network Interface Settings dialog opens.

   
4. Change the interface type, source, or model.

5. Click Save. The network interface is modified.

   Note

   Changes to the virtual network interface settings take effect only after restarting the VM.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface, click a row with the name of the VM whose virtual network interface you want to connect.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click Networks.

   The Networks pane appears with information about the virtual network interfaces configured for the VM.

   

3. Click Plug in the row of the virtual network interface you want to connect.

   The selected virtual network interface connects to the VM.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface, click a row with the name of the VM whose virtual network interface you want to disconnect.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click Network Interfaces.

   The Network Interfaces pane appears with information about the virtual network interfaces configured for the VM.

   

3. Click Unplug in the row of the virtual network interface you want to disconnect.

   The selected virtual network interface disconnects from the VM.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface, click a row with the name of the VM whose graphical console you want to view.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click Consoles.

   The graphical console appears in the web interface.

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines interface, click a row with the name of the VM whose graphical console you want to view.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click Consoles.

   The graphical console appears in the web interface.

3. Select the Graphics Console in Desktop Viewer Console Type.

   

4. Click Launch Remote Viewer.

   The graphical console appears in Virt Viewer.

   

Procedure

1. In the Virtual Machines pane, click a row with the name of the VM whose serial console you want to view.

   The row expands to reveal the Overview pane with basic information about the selected VM and controls for shutting down and deleting the VM.

2. Click Consoles.

   The graphical console appears in the web interface.

3. Select the Serial Console Console Type.

   The serial console appears in the web interface.