X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=qm.adoc;h=a67cf8e52080a72c85e0a2c0bc8d18246c99b081;hb=b473f999f6bd6fb541fb46559db1855dd6899160;hp=6a319bcae24cb243dc0b83935c4b9d2f1c0eb49a;hpb=b16d767fa35a7f53f5fbc678f57c5c080a7bd432;p=pve-docs.git diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc index 6a319bc..a67cf8e 100644 --- a/qm.adoc +++ b/qm.adoc @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ could incur a performance slowdown, or putting your data at risk. General Settings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -[thumbnail="qm-general-settings.png"] +[thumbnail="gui-create-vm-general.png"] General settings of a VM include @@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ General settings of a VM include OS Settings ~~~~~~~~~~~ +[thumbnail="gui-create-vm-os.png"] + When creating a VM, setting the proper Operating System(OS) allows {pve} to optimize some low level parameters. For instance Windows OS expect the BIOS clock to use the local time, while Unix based OS expect the BIOS clock to have @@ -152,6 +154,7 @@ containing the drivers during the installation. the Virtio SCSI controller, is an older type of paravirtualized controller which has been superseded in features by the Virtio SCSI Controller. +[thumbnail="gui-create-vm-hard-disk.png"] On each controller you attach a number of emulated hard disks, which are backed by a file or a block device residing in the configured storage. The choice of a storage type will determine the format of the hard disk image. Storages which @@ -198,6 +201,8 @@ Note that backups do not currently work with *IO Thread* enabled. CPU ~~~ +[thumbnail="gui-create-vm-cpu.png"] + A *CPU socket* is a physical slot on a PC motherboard where you can plug a CPU. This CPU can then contain one or many *cores*, which are independent processing units. Whether you have a single CPU socket with 4 cores, or two CPU @@ -264,9 +269,15 @@ For each VM you have the option to set a fixed size memory or asking {pve} to dynamically allocate memory based on the current RAM usage of the host. +.Fixed Memory Allocation +[thumbnail="gui-create-vm-memory-fixed.png"] + When choosing a *fixed size memory* {pve} will simply allocate what you specify to your VM. +.Automatic Memory Allocation +[thumbnail="gui-create-vm-memory-dynamic.png", float="left"] + // see autoballoon() in pvestatd.pm When choosing to *automatically allocate memory*, {pve} will make sure that the minimum amount you specified is always available to the VM, and if RAM usage on @@ -306,6 +317,8 @@ of RAM available to the host. Network Device ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +[thumbnail="gui-create-vm-network.png"] + Each VM can have many _Network interface controllers_ (NIC), of four different types: