Starting Your Virtual Machine and Shutting It Down

Starting a Virtual Machine

To start a virtual machine, do one of the following:

• Click the Start button in the toolbar.
• Choose Start from the Virtual Machine menu.
• Right-click the virtual machine icon in the sidebar, and choose Start from the shortcut menu.
• Click Start on the Summary tab of the virtual machine properties page.

After starting the virtual machine, it will boot into the guest operating system installed in this virtual machine. If no guest operating system is installed, you will see the following message: " No boot device is available..." .

Notes: 1. The virtual machine can be powered on only if you activated the copy of Parallels Server, which you manage with Parallels Management Console, with permanent or trial activation key. See Activating a Parallels Physical Server .

2. It is not recommended that you start your virtual machines from an external storage device, this may result in low performance and unsteady operation.

Shutting Down a Virtual Machine

To shut down the virtual machine, do one of the following:

• Click the Shut Down toolbar button.
• Right-click the virtual machine icon in the sidebar, and choose Shut Down from the shortcut menu.
• Choose Shut Down from the Virtual Machine menu.
• Click Shut Down on the Summary tab of the virtual machine properties page.