Accessing virtual machines in virtual system instances

Each virtual system instance consists of a set of virtual machines that represent a physical node in an application server environment. You can access and view details about the individual virtual machines from your virtual system instance.

1. Click Patterns > Virtual System Instances.
2. Select the virtual system instance associated with the virtual machine that you want to access.
3. Expand Virtual machine perspective to view the list of virtual machines in the virtual system instance.
4. Expand the details for your selected virtual machine by clicking the Expand icon next to the virtual machine name.
   The number of virtual machines that exist for the virtual system instance is dependent on the pattern that was deployed to create it.

   You can view the following details for each virtual machine:

   CPU

   Graphically displays the percentage of the virtual CPU power that is currently being used. The number of virtual CPUs available is determined by the pattern used to create the virtual system. The default number of virtual CPUs for a virtual machine is one.

   Memory

   Graphically displays the percentage of the memory that is currently being used by the virtual machine. The amount of memory available is determined by the pattern used to create the virtual system instance. The default amount of virtual memory for a virtual machine is 2048 MB.

   SSH

   A Login link to log in to your virtual machine by using Secure Shell (SSH).

   Actions

   The available actions for a virtual machine. If an action is not available, it is not active. Click the Manage link to display a submenu of actions that you can perform:

   Stop

   If a virtual machine is running, then it can be stopped by using the stop action.

   Note: You must put the virtual system instance in maintenance mode before you can use this action. Click Maintain on the toolbar to put the virtual system instance in maintenance mode.

   Start

   If a virtual machine is stopped, then it can be started by using this action.

   Note: You must put the virtual system instance in maintenance mode before you can use this action. Click Maintain on the toolbar to put the virtual system instance in maintenance mode.

   Edit

   Configure the memory and processor resources of the virtual machine.

   Note: You must put the virtual system instance in maintenance mode before you can use this action. Click Maintain on the toolbar to put the virtual system instance in maintenance mode.

   Test connection

   Use this action to test the connection between Cloud Pak System Software and the deployed virtual machine.

   Login

   Use this action to open an SSH connection to the virtual machine. Click Login, and then enter the password or browse to your private key. Then, click OK.

5. To access the virtual machine, use the following steps:
   1. Click Manage > Login.
      Note: If the Login link is not available, SSH access to the virtual machine might be disabled through a security policy.

      Tip: If you have trouble connecting to the virtual machine, as an alternative method you can connect to the HMC in CLI mode. For more information about this method, see Alternate Way to Open Terminal Window (Console) Not Using HMC GUI for VIOS and AIX Partitions.
   2. Optional: If console links exist, click a link in the Consoles section to open the specified administrative console.
6. Click Log out to log out of the virtual machine console.
   Note:

   • This logout is only applicable for instance console page and not for the entire IBM Cloud Pak System application.
   • The Log out option is visible for pattern instances having ptype-foundation version 2.1.18.0 or higher.
   • If you open instance console pages for different instances, then you must click Log out individually on each instance console page.