Working with Virtual Machines¶

The Virtual Machines page lists every VM defined on the host and is the starting point for power actions and consoles.

Virtual Machine List¶

The list shows host-wide counts (Total, Running, Stopped, Paused, and Suspended) above a table:

Virtual Machines list with host-wide counts and per-VM rows

Column	Description
State	Current power state — Running, Stopped, Paused, Suspended, Idle, Shutting down, or Unknown
Name	VM name as defined in libvirt
Guest OS	Operating system reported by the guest
vCPUs	Number of virtual CPUs
Memory	Allocated memory
IP Address	Primary guest IP address

A value the host cannot report (for example, an IP address for a stopped VM) is shown as an em dash (—).

Search by name filters the list on the host and resets to the first page.
Page size can be set to 25, 50, or 100 rows.

Note

If the host’s virtualization service is unavailable, the page reports an error rather than an empty list. Confirm libvirt is healthy on the host — for example, virsh list --all should return without error.

Each row provides:

Open Console — opens the VM’s graphical console (enabled when the VM is Running)
A power-action menu (see Power Actions)
Copy IP address — copies the primary IP to the clipboard
View details — opens the VM detail view

Expanding a row reveals a summary of the VM — autostart, host memory and CPU, network, firmware, guest-agent status, uptime, MAC address, disk usage, and VNC port — along with an Open Console button.

Expanded VM row showing summary details and the Open Console button

Virtual Machine Details¶

The detail view has two tabs:

Summary — state, guest OS, vCPUs, memory, and identifiers
Interfaces — each guest network interface with its name, MAC address, and IP address(es)

Power Actions¶

The actions available for a VM depend on its current state:

Per-VM power-action menu showing Shut Down, Restart, Suspend, Reset, Power Off, and Copy IP address

Action	Available When	Description
Power On	Stopped	Start the VM
Shut Down	Running	Graceful ACPI shutdown from within the guest
Restart	Running	Graceful ACPI reboot
Suspend	Running	Save the VM’s state to memory and pause it
Resume	Paused / Suspended	Resume a suspended VM
Reset	Running	Hard reset — immediate reboot without notifying the guest
Power Off	Running / Paused / Suspended	Immediately cut power to the VM

Warning

Reset and Power Off stop the VM immediately without a graceful shutdown and can cause data loss. The console asks you to confirm before running them.

Power On and Resume run immediately. Every other action asks for confirmation first.

After you start an action the console shows a toast with the result:

Result	Meaning
The action could not be confirmed	The command was sent but the host did not confirm the new state in time. Check the list before retrying, and avoid re-running Reset.
That VM is no longer in a state that allows this action	The VM’s state changed before the action ran
That VM no longer exists on this host	The VM was removed from the host