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The following Virtual Machine specs can be updated via the VSS Portal:
Memory - Size of the Virtual Machine memory.
CPU - Number of virtual CPUs.
CD/DVD backend - Client device or one of our ISO images (Load an ISO image in a Virtual Machine)
Networking - Add/remove interface or update backend network.
Hard Disk Drive - Update capacity, add new or delete disk.
State - Power On/Off, Reset, Restart, Delete.
Name - Virtual Machine Name.
Folder - Containing Folder.
Admin - Administrator.
Usage - Update its usage to either Production, Development, QA or Testing.
Description - Application and/or service description.
Boot Delay* - This adds a delay to the initial POST screen, showing it for longer and giving you more time to access the BIOS setup.
Informational contacts. Contacts listed wouldn't necessarily need to know deep technical details, just that something is happening (or has happened) that could affect their application or their service connected with that VM.
Template. Transform your virtual machine into a template to deploy multiple virtual machines and to keep the current installed software as a reference for new deployments.
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Login to https://vss-portal.eis.utoronto.ca Look for the VM to edit and click the  Image Removed Image Added button. From the VM tab, click con the area you wish to change. Update the required information. Click on SAVE.
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Usinghttps://vss-cli.eis.utoronto.ca or a local VSS CLI install Look for the VM uuid | Code Block |
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Usage: vss-cli compute vm set [OPTIONS] VM_ID_OR_NAME COMMAND [ARGS]...
Manage virtual machine attributes such as cpu, memory, disk, network
backing, cd, etc..
Options:
-s, --schedule [%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S|%Y-%m-%d %H:%M]
Schedule change in a given point in time
based on format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM.
-u, --user-meta TEXT User metadata in key=value format. These
tags are stored in the request.
--wait wait for request(s) to complete
--help Show this message and exit.
Commands:
admin Administrator
alarm Acknowledge or clear alarms
boot-bios Enable or disable Boot to BIOS
boot-delay Boot delay in milliseconds
cd CD/DVD device management
client Client (Metadata)
client-note Client note (Metadata)
consolidate Disk consolidation
controller IDE/SCSI controller management
cpu Update virtual machine CPU count and settings
custom-spec Custom specification
description Description (Metadata)
disk Disk management
domain Domain migration
export Export to OVF
extra-cfg GuestInfo extra config entries.
floppy Floppy backing
folder Logical folder
guest-cmd Execute command on OS host
guest-os Update guest operating system
ha-group HA Group (Metadata)
inform Informational contacts (Metadata)
memory Update virtual machine Memory count and settings
name Logical name
nic Network adapter management
snapshot Snapshot management
state Power state
template Mark vm as template or vice versa.
tools Manage VMware Tools
usage Usage (Metadata)
version Manage virtual machine virtual hardware version and...
vmrc-copy-paste Enable or disable VMRC copy-paste settings
vss-option Enable or disable given vss-option
vss-service VSS Service name or ID |
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