The VM administrator operates a VM in an ADMIN dialog using VM2000 commands. A list of VM2000 commands and their function groups is provided in section "Grouping of VM2000 commands according to function". VM2000 commands are logged, see "Administration dialogs from privileged user tasks" and "Operating the virtual machines (ADMIN dialog via $VMCONS)".
A VM administrator for the monitor VM is also the VM2000 administrator. He/she operates and administers the VM2000 system as a whole. He/she can also operate all the other VMs.
Status diagram of a VM
A VM can assume the following states:
| NOT INITIALIZED | The VM is not initialized. |
INIT-ONLY | The VM is initialized Resources can now be assigned to the VM, but no guest system has been started yet. |
RUNNING | The guest system on the VM has been started and is running. |
| IN HOLD (WAIT) | The VM is in the wait state, the guest system is idle. |
DOWN | The guest system on the VM is terminated. |
These states are brought about by the following VM2000 commands or events. The commands are described in detail in the following sections.
