Making Screenshots

In Parallels Server Bare Metal, you can use the pctl capture command to capture an image (or screenshot) of your virtual machine screen. You can take screenshots of running virtual machines only. The session below demonstrates how to take a screenshot of the My_VM virtual machine screen and save it to the /usr/screenshots/image1.png file:

1. Make sure that the virtual machine is running:

   # pctl list

   STATUS IP_ADDR NAME

   running 10.10.10.101 101

   running 10.10.10.201 My_VM

2. Take the virtual machine screenshot:

   # pctl capture My_VM --file /usr/screenshots/image1.png

   Capture the VM screen...

   The VM screen has been saved to /usr/screenshots/image1.png

3. Check that the image1.png file has been successfully created:

   # ls /usr/screenshots/

   image1.png