• Skytap Cloud overview
• Access requirements
• Creating an environment
  • Creating an environment from a template
    • Skytap Cloud public templates
      • Ansible dynamic inventory
      • Cloud Foundry v2 public template
      • Command Line Interface public template
      • ESXi public template
      • Puppet public template
      • Radware Alteon public template
      • SharePoint 2010 farm
      • SharePoint 2013 Preview public template
      • Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: Configuring the name server
  • Copying an environment
  • Overview: Importing VMs into Skytap Cloud
    • Preparing x86 VMs and vApps for import
    • Importing VMs using the VM Imports page
      • Creating MD5 hash values for VM imports
      • Retrying a failed import
    • Importing VMs using the Advanced Import Appliance
      • Setting up the Advanced Import Appliance
      • Troubleshooting the Advanced Import Appliance
    • Shipping VMs to Skytap with the Advanced Import Service
    • Importing AIX LPARs into Skytap Cloud
    • Downloading IBM-hosted AIX VMs and importing them into Skytap Cloud
    • Testing imported VMs
    • Resolving import errors
  • Building a VM from an ISO
• Running and stopping VMs
• Accessing VMs
  • Accessing VM desktops from a browser
    • Testing access requirements with Connectivity Checker
    • Using audio with a VM
      • Troubleshooting VM audio
    • Using an SSH connection during a browser client session
    • Copy and paste text between the local machine and a VM
    • Keyboard shortcuts for browser client views
    • Improving browser client performance
    • Optional URL parameters for sharing an SRA browser client view
  • Accessing VMs with SmartRDP
• Transferring files to a VM
  • Adding and sharing files with the Assets page
  • Adding and sharing files with the shared drive
    • Using the shared drive with a custom DNS server or static IP addresses
    • Troubleshooting issues with the shared drive
  • Using ISO files
  • Using Skytap Cloud public assets
• Editing environments and networks
  • Adding VMs to an environment
  • Editing VMs
    • VM hardware and guest OS settings
      • Editing VM CPUs and RAM
      • Enabling nested virtualization
      • Upgrading VM hardware versions
      • Using an international keyboard layout with a VM
      • Editing VM BIOS clock sync settings
      • Adding or extending a virtual disk
      • Deleting a virtual disk
      • Enabling audio for a VM
      • Enabling SSH on a VM for use in SRA browser client sessions
    • VM network settings
      • Attaching VMs to networks
      • Adding secondary IP addresses
      • Editing VM MAC address
      • Editing VM hostname or primary IP address
      • Enabling promiscuous mode
      • Using static IP addresses
      • Ensuring unique hostnames for Windows VMs
    • Storing VM credentials
    • Licensing the guest OS
    • Installing and upgrading VMware Tools - Linux
    • Installing and upgrading VMware Tools - Windows
    • Improving operating system or application performance within the VM
  • Adding containers and container hosts
    • Getting started with containers
    • About the container host
    • Creating a container host
      • Enable IP address forwarding for a container host
    • Adding containers to a container host
    • Managing individual containers
    • Containers: Known issues
    • Troubleshooting the VM Agent
    • Adding container registries
  • Managing networks
    • Network overview
      • Default host-naming behavior
      • What is the difference between automatic and manual networks?
    • Viewing the network connections in an environment
    • Using multiple networks in an environment
      • Creating an automatic network
      • Creating a manual network
      • Routing between networks in the same environment
      • Avoiding restricted subnets and IP addresses
    • Networking between environments
      • Using NAT to avoid IP address conflicts
    • Editing an automatic network
      • Editing the network NAT subnet
    • Connecting an environment network to a VPN or Private Network Connection
    • Manually configuring domain name servers
    • Exposing and blocking public Internet access to VMs
      • Accessing VMs with published services
        • Adding published services
        • Connecting to a published service
        • Troubleshooting my connection to a published service
        • Removing a published service
        • Example - Accessing VMs with RDP
        • Example - Accessing VMs with SSH
      • Using public IP addresses
        • Attaching a static public IP address to a VM
        • Adding a managed DNS name and public IP address to a VM
        • Editing a managed VM DNS name
        • How does Skytap Cloud generate the VM DNS name?
        • Detaching a static public IP address or DNS name from a VM
        • What is the difference between static public IPs and dynamic public IPs with DNS?
        • Troubleshooting issues connecting to a public IP address or Skytap-managed DNS name
      • Issue - I can’t access the public Internet from my VM.
    • Deleting a network
  • Moving a VM to a different environment
  • Deleting VMs
• Sharing VMs and environments with sharing portals
  • Creating a sharing portal
    • Overview of sharing portal options
    • How to create custom HTML content for a sharing portal
    • Custom content tab – starter templates
    • Custom content tab - allowed HTML
  • Using a VM or environment from a sharing portal URL
  • Finding and sharing the URL for a sharing portal
  • Exporting sharing portal information and URL(s)
  • Disabling or deleting a sharing portal
• Sharing resources with projects
  • Creating and deleting projects
  • Adding and removing environments
  • Adding and removing templates
  • Adding and removing assets
  • Adding and removing users
  • Adding and removing groups
  • Understanding project roles
  • Finding project resources
• Saving an environment as a template
  • Copying a template
  • Deleting templates
• Understanding regions
  • Copying an environment to another region
  • Copying a template to another region
  • What to expect when you copy an environment or template
• Managing your account settings
  • Changing your default region
  • Changing your marketing email preferences
  • Changing your password
  • Changing your user account time zone
  • Finding your shared drive credentials
  • Finding your primary administrator
  • Finding your Skytap user role
  • Finding your username and API token
  • Resetting your API token
• Viewing your current usage and usage limits
  • Viewing recent activity for an environment
• Best practices
  • Automating VMs and environments
    • Automatically suspend or shut down inactive environments
      • Sending keep-alive messages from a VM
      • Troubleshooting automatic shutdown
    • Automating actions with schedules
      • Create a schedule
      • Changing an existing schedule
      • Delete a schedule
    • VM sequencing
    • Accessing the VM metadata service
    • Using the Skytap Cloud Command Line Interface
      • Command Line Interface Reference
  • CI/CD reference architectures
    • Jenkins build farm
    • Functional test environments
    • Systems integration test environments
  • Creating recovery copies of VMs and environments
  • Disaster recovery reference architectures
    • On-premises data center to Skytap Cloud—cold recovery
    • On-premises data center to Skytap Cloud—warm recovery
    • Skytap Cloud region-to-region—cold recovery
    • Skytap Cloud region-to-region—warm recovery
  • Monitoring your usage with email notifications
  • Organizing resources with labels and tags
    • Adding and removing labels for environments
    • Adding and removing labels for templates
    • Adding and removing labels for VMs and other resources
    • Adding and removing tags for environments
    • Adding and removing tags for templates
    • Error messages for tags and labels
  • Security best practices
  • Using Skytap Cloud for demos
  • Using Skytap Cloud for training classes
    • Choosing an environment architecture and remote connection method
    • Creating class lab environments
    • Best practices for preparing student VMs
    • Preparing for and delivering a training class
    • Skytap integration for Canvas
      • Install and configure the Skytap integration for Canvas
      • Add a lab environment to a Canvas course module
• Knowledge base
  • Changing the name of a VM
  • Changing the name or description of an environment
  • Checking VM hardware version
  • Connecting to a VM on an iPad or iPhone
  • Connecting to Skytap Cloud using a private WAN connection
  • Deleting environments
  • Editing VMs outside of Skytap Cloud
    • Compressing VMX files to OVA for import
    • Converting a physical machine to a VM
    • Converting non-VMware-based VMs for import
    • Converting OVF files to VMX for use with VMware Converter
    • Shrinking VM disks
  • Exporting a list of environments, templates, or assets
  • Exporting VMs
  • Finding the ID for a VM, VPN, environment, or template
  • Finding the IP addresses for a VM
  • Finding the network gateway IP address
  • Guide to the Dashboard
  • Leaving notes on VMs, environments, templates, and assets
  • Protecting a VM that is exposed to the internet or compromised
  • Time zones and UTC offsets
  • Understanding storage in Skytap Cloud
  • Using search
  • Using Windows in Skytap Cloud
    • Managing Windows hostnames with Skytap Cloud Helper
    • Running a Windows domain
    • Fixing duplicate SID errors for Windows networking
    • Resolving prompts to reactivate a Windows license
  • Using Power VMs in Skytap Cloud
    • Differences between Power and x86 VMs
    • Connecting to an AIX VM with X Windows
    • Importing Power VMs into Skytap Cloud
      • Booting an AIX VM into maintenance mode
      • Creating a mksysb image of an AIX LPAR
      • Creating a Skytap Cloud AIX VM from a mksysb image
      • Creating a mksysb from an AIX VM in Skytap Cloud
    • Known issues for Power VMs in Skytap Cloud
      • Configuring TCP/IP network settings for an AIX VM
  • Why can’t I connect to a Skytap Cloud VM from a Windows 10 computer?
• Troubleshooting

Deleting a network

This action cannot be undone.

To delete a network in an environment

1. Navigate to the environment Network Settings page.

   Show me how

   1. Click Environments > Environments to display a list of environments you own or that have been shared with you.

   2. Click the name of an environment to open the Environment Details page view.
   3. Click the Networking: Settings link in the environment overview.

   The Network Settings page displays.

   

2. Disconnect any virtual machines attached to the network:
   1. Click Show Virtual Machines.
   2. In the Virtual machines table, click Disconnect for each connected virtual machine.
3. Click Remove Network.