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.
* Virtual Machine needs to be Powered Off in order to process the change request.
However, the VSS CLI provides more attributes to update and advanced features to schedule changes.
Step-by-step guide
VSS Portal
- Login to https://vss-portal.eis.utoronto.ca
- Look for the VM to edit and click the
button. - From the VM tab, click con the area you wish to change.
- Update the required information.
- Click on SAVE.
VSS CLI
Using https://vss-cli.eis.utoronto.ca or a local VSS CLI install
Look for the VM uuid
vss-cli compute vm ls -f name <vm-name>
Follow any of the examples in the VSS CLI documentation or explore the VSS CLI with the VSS CLI Shell:
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