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# How-tos

- [Create virtual machines](https://docs.glesys.com/products/compute/vmware-virtual-machines/how-tos/create-virtual-machines.md): Creating a new VMware VM is fast, and you can choose between various Linux and Windows images. You can even install your own operating system using an ISO file.
- [Connect with SSH](https://docs.glesys.com/products/compute/vmware-virtual-machines/how-tos/connect-with-ssh.md): If your virtual machine is running Linux, you use SSH (Secure Shell) to connect to it.
- [Connect with RDP](https://docs.glesys.com/products/compute/vmware-virtual-machines/how-tos/connect-with-rdp.md): If your virtual machine is running Windows, you use Remote Desktop (RDP) to connect to it.
- [Connect to the VM console](https://docs.glesys.com/products/compute/vmware-virtual-machines/how-tos/connect-to-the-vm-console.md): If you lock yourself out of your VM, you can use the console to access it.
- [Manage virtual machines](https://docs.glesys.com/products/compute/vmware-virtual-machines/how-tos/manage-virtual-machines.md): Existing virtual machines can be managed in various ways, for example, enabling or disabling backups, adding or removing IP addresses, cloning an entire VM, and so on.
- [Manage VLAN networks](https://docs.glesys.com/products/compute/vmware-virtual-machines/how-tos/manage-vlan-networks.md): VLAN networks allow your VMs to communicate without the network traffic passing through the public internet. It's also possible to connect your physical servers to your VMware VMs.
- [Manage private networks](https://docs.glesys.com/products/compute/vmware-virtual-machines/how-tos/manage-private-networks.md): Private networks are simpler than VLAN networks, and are the recommended way to privately connect VMs.
- [Resize virtual machines](https://docs.glesys.com/products/compute/vmware-virtual-machines/how-tos/resize-virtual-machines.md): It's possible to resize a VMware VM at any time. However, disks can only be increased in size.
- [Increase the partition size in Windows VMs created before Q1 2024](https://docs.glesys.com/products/compute/vmware-virtual-machines/how-tos/resize-virtual-machines/increase-the-partition-size-in-windows-vms-created-before-q1-2024.md): On older Windows VMs, the C-partition needs to be manually expanded.
- [Increase the partition size in Linux VMs created before 2018](https://docs.glesys.com/products/compute/vmware-virtual-machines/how-tos/resize-virtual-machines/increase-the-partition-size-in-linux-vms-created-before-2018.md): On older Linux VMs, the partition needs to be manually expanded.
- [Delete virtual machines](https://docs.glesys.com/products/compute/vmware-virtual-machines/how-tos/delete-virtual-machines.md): Deleting a server will delete all data associtated with it, including all backups.
- [Import and export of virtual machines](https://docs.glesys.com/products/compute/vmware-virtual-machines/how-tos/import-and-export-of-virtual-machines.md): It's possible to import and export virtual machines to and from Glesys VMware service.
- [Install and upgrade VMware Tools](https://docs.glesys.com/products/compute/vmware-virtual-machines/how-tos/install-and-upgrade-vmware-tools.md): VMware Tools is a guest tool for VMware virtual machines.


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