Organization of This Guide

This guide is organized in the following way:

• Chapter 1, Introduction , gives an overview of the Parallels Server Bare Metal product and this guide.
• Chapter 2, Parallels Server Bare Metal Basics , explains the general principles of Parallels Server Bare Metal operation.
• Chapter 3, Operations on virtual machines and Containers , covers those operations that you can perform on a virtual machine and Container: creating and deleting virtual machines and Containers, starting and stopping them, backing up and restoring, etc. You will also learn how to perform different kinds of migration: migrate virtual machines and Containers between Parallels servers, migrate a physical server to a virtual machine and Container, and migrate a Container to a virtual machine.
• Chapter 4, Managing Resources , focuses on configuring and monitoring the resource control parameters for virtual machines and Containers. These parameters comprise disk quotas, network accounting and shaping, CPU and system resources.
• Chapter 5, Managing Services and Processes , familiarizes you with the operations you can perform on processes and services in Parallels Server Bare Metal.
• Chapter 6, Managing Parallels Server Bare Metal Network , familiarizes you with the Parallels Server Bare Metal network structure and explains how to manage networks in Parallels Server Bare Metal systems.
• Chapter 7, Managing Licenses , provides detailed information on managing licenses in Parallels Server Bare Metal.
• Chapter 8, Keeping Your System Up To Date , informs you of the ways to keep all the software components of a Parallels server up to date.
• Chapter 9, Advanced Tasks , enumerates those tasks that are intended for advanced system administrators who would like to obtain deeper knowledge about Parallels Server Bare Metal capabilities.
• Chapter 10, Troubleshooting , suggests ways to resolve common inconveniences should they occur during your work with Parallels Server Bare Metal.