Virtual machines are managed from the VM Server desktop using the xm command in a terminal window. VMs running in full virtualization mode can be accessed using VNC and SDL viewer technologies.
Table 23.1. Tasks and Commands for Managing Virtual Machines
SDL is the default viewer for fully virtual VMs, but you might want to change to VNC. Although SDL is faster for viewing desktops on the same computer, VNC is faster for viewing desktops over the network.
Table 23.2. Changing Viewer Preferences
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Closing the VNC viewer window does not terminate the VM. |