Manage the Lifecycle of VMware ESX Virtual Machines

Manage the Lifecycle of VMware ESX Virtual Machines

As a Service Consumer, your responsibilities require you to work with virtual machines. The self-service portal allows you to reserve VMware ESX virtual machines and manage their lifecycle. Use the self-service portal to perform the following tasks:

• Reserve one or more virtual machines for a specific time.
• Manage your reserved virtual machines.
  • Modify, extend, or return the virtual machine reservation.
  • Manage power functions to start, stop, reset, suspend, or shutdown VM.
  • Restore an retained/archived VM.
  • Create, restore, or delete a virtual machine snapshot.

Reservations and management requests are subject to approval by your Service Provider or administrator. You receive emails with information about how to access your virtual machines and the status of your requests.

The following diagram illustrates how to reserve and manage VMware ESX Virtual Machines:

Follow these steps:

1. Access VMware ESX Management.
2. Select Reservation Type.
   • Reserve VMware Virtual Machine.
   • Reserve Using a Template.
   • Reserve Using an Existing Virtual Machine.
3. Manage Your Reserved Machines.
   • Modify VMware Reservation.
   • Extend or Return Reservations.
   • Manage Power Functions of Virtual Machine.
   • Restore Retained Reservation.
   • Create, Restore, or Delete a Virtual Machine Snapshot.