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Editing environments and networks

An environment consists of one or more virtual machines and one or more networks. Environments can be as simple as a single VM, or as complex as an entire virtual data center, with dozens of VMs, multiple networks, and applications.

Edit an environment

Add and edit labels, tags, or notes.
Add and delete VMs.
Control the startup order of the VMs in an environment with VM sequencing.
Schedule automatic start, stop, or suspend for an environment, or automatically save it as a template to create a backup.
Create a Multi-Attach Storage shared disk set for Power VMs in an environment.

Edit environment networks

Manage environment network settings.
Connect a VPN or Private Network Connection to the environment.
Connect environments together.
Add additional networks to an environment.
Enable or disable public Internet access.

Edit a VM in the environment

Add CPU cores and RAM to a VM, or change its storage.
Mount an ISO on a VM.
Enable audio for a VM.
View and change VM networking settings
View and change published services for VMs in the environment.
View and change static public IP addresses and Skytap-managed DNS names attached to VMs in the environment.
Add and edit labels for the VM.
Add and edit credentials for VMs.

Manage an environment

Schedule automatic start, stop, or suspend for an environment, or automatically save it as a template to create a backup.
Automatically suspend an environment that isn’t being used.
Find the ID of the environment.
View the network connections in an environment.