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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
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| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="cloud-vm">
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| 4 | <title>Using Cloud Virtual Machines</title>
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| 5 | <body>
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| 6 | <p>A cloud virtual machine (<i>cloud VM</i>) is a type of VM that represents an instance on a cloud service. Cloud
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| 7 | VMs are shown in the machine list in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>, in the same way as local
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| 8 | VMs are. </p>
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| 9 | <p>By using cloud VMs you can create, manage, and control your <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/>
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| 10 | instances from <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/>. </p>
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| 11 | <note>
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| 12 | <p>Cloud VMs do not install, export, or import instances to the <ph
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| 13 | conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/product-name"/> host. All operations are done remotely on the cloud service. </p>
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| 14 | </note>
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| 15 | <fig id="fig-cloud-vm-overview">
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| 16 | <title>Cloud VMs, Shown With Local VMs in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/></title>
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| 17 | <xref href="images/cloudvm-overview-mixed.png" format="png" platform="htmlhelp">
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| 18 | <image href="images/cloudvm-overview-mixed.png" width="12cm" placement="break">
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| 19 | <alt>Cloud VMs, Shown With Local VMs in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/></alt>
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| 20 | </image>
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| 21 | </xref>
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| 22 | <image platform="ohc" href="images/cloudvm-overview-mixed.png" width="12cm" placement="break">
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| 23 | <alt>Cloud VMs, Shown With Local VMs in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/></alt>
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| 24 | </image>
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| 25 | </fig>
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| 26 | <p>Cloud VMs can be used to do the following tasks in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/>: </p>
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| 27 | <ul>
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| 28 | <li>
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| 29 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Create a new <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/>
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| 30 | instance.</b> See <xref href="cloud-vm-new.dita#cloud-vm-new"/>.
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| 31 | </p>
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| 32 | </li>
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| 33 | <li>
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| 34 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Use an existing <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/>
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| 35 | instance.</b> See <xref href="cloud-vm-add.dita#cloud-vm-add"/>.
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| 36 | </p>
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| 37 | </li>
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| 38 | <li>
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| 39 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Copy an existing <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/>
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| 40 | instance.</b> See <xref href="cloud-vm-clone.dita#cloud-vm-clone"/>.
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| 41 | </p>
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| 42 | </li>
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| 43 | <li>
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| 44 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Configure an <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/>
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| 45 | instance.</b> You can change settings for the
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| 46 | instance, such as display name and shape. See
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| 47 | <xref href="cloud-vm-settings.dita#cloud-vm-settings"/>.
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| 48 | </p>
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| 49 | </li>
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| 50 | <li>
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| 51 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Control an <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/> instance.</b>
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| 52 | Stop, start, and terminate the instance. See
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| 53 | <xref href="cloud-vm-control.dita#cloud-vm-control"/>
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| 54 | </p>
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| 55 | </li>
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| 56 | <li>
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| 57 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Create a console connection to an
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| 58 | <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/> instance</b>. See
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| 59 | <xref href="cloud-vm-instance-console.dita#cloud-vm-instance-console"/>.
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| 60 | </p>
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| 61 | </li>
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| 62 | </ul>
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| 63 | </body>
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| 64 | </topic>
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