Working With Your Virtual Systems; Logging Into Virtual Systems Directly Via Ssh; Gaining Console Access Via The Host - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.3.0 Reference Manual

Tip
You may receive the following message from the Kickstart Status page during
the guest's kickstart:
The install process on the guest system has not communicated to RHN in
the past n minutes.
may just be due to a slow install because of hardware constraints.
log of the installation process is available, you may wish to review
it to troubleshoot this issue.
Be patient and do not worry if you see this message unless more than twenty minutes
have passed. To check if the kickstart is continuing, check the installation log to make
sure there are no errors, and as you reload the Kickstart Status page check to see
that the Last File Request field continues to be updated.
4. If you would like to register additional guests to your host, repeat the steps above. It is important
to remember that you can only provision one guest at a time. If you attempt to schedule a guest
kickstart while another is currently taking place, the current guest kickstart process will be
canceled and the new guest kickstart process will begin.
5. View your newly-created virtual guest's system in the Satellite's web interface by clicking on
the Virtualization tab in the host system's profile. Then, click on the profile name of your virtual
system. You will be brought to its Satellite system profile.

10.3. Working With Your Virtual Systems

Once you have set up your virtual system, you can then manage and customize them via various
methods, including connecting via SSH and via the virtualization management interface on the host
system.

10.3.1. Logging into Virtual Systems Directly via SSH

1. You will need to locate the virtual system's IP address. Locate it by navigating to the Systems
Virtual Systems tab and clicking on the virtual system's profile name.
2. On the virtual system's profile page, you'll find the IP address in the left-hand informational column
in the IP Address field.
3. Connect to the IP address by using ssh as root, using the password you set for the virtual system
in the kickstart profile you created for it earlier.

10.3.2. Gaining Console Access Via the Host

1. First you will need to connect to the host system and determine the ID number of the guest you
would like to work with. Connect to the host system via ssh and run the following command:
xm list
This may be due to a hung install process, or it
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