User`s guide
Introduction 8
Organization of This Guide
This guide is organized in the following way:
Chapter 1, Introduction, gives an overview of the Parallels Server Bare Metal product and
this guide.
Chapter 2, Parallels Server Bare Metal Basics, explains the general principles of Parallels
Server Bare Metal operation.
Chapter 3, Operations on virtual machines and Containers, covers those operations that you
can perform on a virtual machine and Container: creating and deleting virtual machines and
Containers, starting and stopping them, backing up and restoring, etc. You will also learn
how to perform different kinds of migration: migrate virtual machines and Containers
between Parallels servers, migrate a physical server to a virtual machine and Container, and
migrate a Container to a virtual machine.
Chapter 4, Managing Resources, focuses on configuring and monitoring the resource control
parameters for virtual machines and Containers. These parameters comprise disk quotas,
network accounting and shaping, CPU and system resources.
Chapter 5, Managing Services and Processes, familiarizes you with the operations you can
perform on processes and services in Parallels Server Bare Metal.
Chapter 6, Managing Parallels Server Bare Metal Network, familiarizes you with the Parallels
Server Bare Metal network structure and explains how to manage networks in Parallels
Server Bare Metal systems.
Chapter 7, Managing Licenses, provides detailed information on managing licenses in
Parallels Server Bare Metal.
Chapter 8, Keeping Your System Up To Date, informs you of the ways to keep all the software
components of a Parallels server up to date.
Chapter 9, Advanced Tasks, enumerates those tasks that are intended for advanced system
administrators who would like to obtain deeper knowledge about Parallels Server Bare
Metal capabilities.
Chapter 10, Troubleshooting, suggests ways to resolve common inconveniences should they
occur during your work with Parallels Server Bare Metal.
Documentation Conventions
Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the documentation conventions
used in it.
The table below presents the existing formatting conventions.
Formatting convention Type of Information Example
Items you must select, such as
menu options, command
buttons, or items in a list.
Go to the Resources tab.
Special Bold
Titles of chapters, sections, and
subsections.
Read the Basic Administration chapter.