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VM Images

Access VM Images​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the VM Images in the left panel.

View Basic Information of a VM Image​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the VM Images in the left panel.
  4. Select the VM Image to view.
  5. Click the View button in the top right panel.
  6. View the VM image name, hardware setup, description, realm, capacity, and creation date in the left panel.

View the Hardware Setup Used for a VM Image​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the VM Images in the left panel.
  4. Select the VM Image to view the hardware setup.
  5. Click the View button in the top right panel.
  6. Click the Hardware Setup card in the left panel.
  7. View the hardware setup name, VMs, description, realm, user and team abailability, creation date, image, cores, memory and devices used in the left panel.

Create a New VM Image​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the VM Images in the left panel.
  4. Click the Create new VM image button in the top right panel.
  5. In the pop-up, enter the Libvirt volume, image name, operating system and supported drive formats, the device BUS type, boot options, optional licensing limits and description.
  6. Click Create image.

Add VM Creation Limit in a VM Image​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the VM Images in the left panel.
  4. Select the VM image to add VM creation limit.
  5. Click the Edit button in the top right panel.
  6. In the pop-up, under Maximum instances enter the number of VMs allowed for the VM image.
  7. Click Update image.
note

Maximum VM creation limits serve the software licensing restrictions and software compliance as a result.

Set Up VirtIO or SCSI in a New VM Image​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the VM Images in the left panel.
  4. Click the Create new VM image button in the top right panel.
  5. In the pop-up, enter the Libvirt volume, image name, operating system and supported drive formats.
  6. Select the device BUS type to VirtIO or SCSI and add a description.
  7. Click Create image.
tip

For native Libvirt VM images, use VirtIO. For Nutanix-imported VM images, use SCSI, as Windows cannot boot the image.

Edit an Existing VM Image​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the VM Images in the left panel.
  4. Select the VM image to edit.
  5. Click the Edit button in the top right panel.
  6. In the pop-up, edit the image name, operating system, supported drive formats, boot options, optional licensing limits and description.
  7. Click Update image.

Edit the Operating System of a VM Image​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the VM Images in the left panel.
  4. Select the VM image to edit.
  5. Click the Edit button in the top right panel.
  6. In the pop-up, select the operating system between Linux, Windows or Unknown/Other.
  7. Click Update image.

Edit the Supported Drive Format of a VM Image​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the VM Images in the left panel.
  4. Select the VM image to edit.
  5. Click the Edit button in the top right panel.
  6. In the pop-up, select the supported drive format as ext4, ntfs, btrfs, xfs, or zfs.
  7. Click Update image.

Edit the Boot Options of a VM Image​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the VM Images in the left panel.
  4. Select the VM image to edit.
  5. Click the Edit button in the top right panel.
  6. In the pop-up, select the boot options to either secure boot (UEFI) or legacy boot (BIOS).
  7. Click Update image.

Clone an Existing VM Image​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the VM Images in the left panel.
  4. Select the VM image to clone.
  5. Click the Clone button in the top right panel.
  6. In the pop-up, enter the clone name.
  7. Click Clone.
note

Cloning a VM image creates an exact copy with a new name.

Delete a Libvirt Storage Pool​

  1. Go to the Management icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Navigate to the Virtual Machines section.
  3. Click the VM Images in the left panel.
  4. Select the VM image to delete.
  5. Click the Delete button in the top right panel.
  6. In the pop-up, click Delete.
note

Deleting a Libvirt image does not remove the underlying volume. Libvirt images are metadata layered over the actual content.