Adding an IP Office KVM virtual machine

Last Updated : Jul 01, 2025 |

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Use this process to use the .qcow2 file as the hard disk of a new IP Office virtual machine.

Create the source file for the virtual machine. See Creating an IP Office KVM virtual machine file.
Check you have required profile details for the IP Office servers intended role and capacity. See IP Office Server Profiling.
Check that the required network bridge has been configured. IP Office servers support two network interfaces configured on separate sub-nets.

Using a browser, login to Web Console on the host server.
Click Virtual machines.
Click Import VM.
Add a Name for the virtual machine that identifies its role.
Set the path to the location of the .qcow2 file that you want used as the virtual machines hard disk.
Set the Operating system to Rocky Linux 9 (Blue Onyx)
Set the Memory to match the amount required by the profile for the virtual machines IP Office role. See IP Office Server Profiling.
Click Import and edit.
Click Firmware. Change the setting to UEFI and click Save.
For Autostart, select Run when host boots.
In the Disks section, do the following:
1. Verify disk capacity based on profile.
2. Verify Bus = scsi.
3. Click Edit under Disks.
4. Change cache from default to directsync.
5. Click Save.
6. Verify Capacity, Bus, and Cache.
  
  Note:
  To increase the disk size (capacity) to match your profile, use the following command to expand the existing disk size:
  
  sudo qemu-img resize <disk> +<increase>
In the Networking section, check that the virtual machine is associated with the correct bridge.
Do not start the virtual machine at this stage. You should complete all the virtual machine profiling before starting the virtual machine.

If the IP Office server will include Media Manager, see Adding an Additional Disk for Media Manager.
Otherwise, perform virtual machine profiling, see IP Office KVM virtual machine profiling.

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