HP Matrix 7.2 KVM Private Cloud Getting Started Guide

See “Deploy a virtual machine to the cloud” (page 26) for information about how to create and
deploy a KVM cloud instance.
From the Instances screen, you can:
• Create an image from a snapshot of an instance, which allows you to capture the attributes
of the running environment of an instance and duplicate it for future use.
• Start an instance, if the virtual machine is not running.
• Reboot an instance, either a soft reboot, which performs a shutdown and restart of the virtual
machine software or a hard reboot, which forces a power cycle.
• Delete an instance.
Instances overview screen details
The overview screen shows the current list of instances. No filters are provided on this screen, but
you can sort the table data by clicking a column header.
Table 7 Instances overview screen details
State of the instance. Values are:State
Active Instance is available for use.
Building A new virtual machine instance is being created. Instance is in a transient
state.
Error An error prevents the instance from running.
Suspended Instance is temporarily not running, and the content of the virtual machine
is stored in memory (RAM).
Paused Instance is temporarily not running.
Rebuilding A user-initiated action that recreates a virtual machine instance in a
transient state.
Stopped Virtual machine is powered off and the power down action was initiated
by either the KVM Admin Console, OpenStack API or Matrix OE.
Shutoff Virtual machine is powered off and the power down action was initiated
by the user.
Resize pending Instance is being resized.
Public (floating) IP address obtained from the IP address pool and automatically assigned to the
virtual machine instance when the instance is booted. This IP address is visible to the public.
IP Public
User name of the owner of the virtual machine instance. This value is set in the cloud capacity
pool in Matrix OE.
Owner
See also “Deploy a virtual machine to the cloud” (page 26).
Date and time the virtual machine instance was created.Created
Name of the image used to create the virtual machine.Image
IP address of the instance that falls within the IP address ranges reserved for private network use
and automatically assigned to the virtual machine instance when the instance is booted. This IP
address is visible only to others on the private network.
IP Private
Name of the instance type used to define the resource sizes assigned to the instance.Instance type
VM host on which the virtual machine is running.Hosted on
Operating system derived from the image and assigned to the virtual machine. To set or change
the OS type, edit the image on the Images screen, or specify an OS type when you add an
image.
OS type
Description of the operating system derived from the image and assigned to the virtual machine.
To set or change the OS description, edit the image on the Images screen, or specify an OS
description when you add an image.
OS description
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