After installing the PlateSpin Orchestrate VM Client, do the following:
Become familiar with the VM Client interface.
Start the VM Client interface.
Register existing VM host servers.
Discover the registered host servers.
Discover the registered VMs.
Log in to a virtualization grid.
Create your VMs.
Install the VMs.
Install the Orchestrate Agent on the VMs.
Create templates of the VMs.
Add repositories.
Configure the VMs:
Edit a VM or template.
Delete a VM.
Delete a template.
Clone a template.
Move a VM.
Migrate a VM.
Create groups for managing VMs, host servers, repositories, and templates.
Use the VMs:
Understand the various VM statuses.
Start VMs.
Stop VMs.
View a VM’s server console.
Pause a VM.
Suspend a VM.
Resynchronize a host server with the Development Client.
Resynchronize a VM with the Development Client.
View logging details that are fed back from the Orchestrate Server.
View the error log for a VM.
Open the Progress View for a VM while a life cycle function is running.
View a VM’s details.
View a host server’s details.
View a repository’s details.
View a template’s details.
Troubleshoot VMs.
Find operating system installation sources for VMs.