diff --git a/images/vnc-console-warning.png b/images/vnc-console-warning.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..cd6e5d14a9b2 Binary files /dev/null and b/images/vnc-console-warning.png differ diff --git a/modules/virt-connecting-to-vm-console-web.adoc b/modules/virt-connecting-to-vm-console-web.adoc index 0f2bd711c4d2..88a17da6c3aa 100644 --- a/modules/virt-connecting-to-vm-console-web.adoc +++ b/modules/virt-connecting-to-vm-console-web.adoc @@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ endif::[] . On the *Virtualization* -> *VirtualMachines* page, click a VM to open the *VirtualMachine details* page. . Click the *Console* tab. The VNC console session starts automatically. ++ +[IMPORTANT] +==== +Only one connection to the VNC console is possible at a time. If you attempt to create a second connection to the same VNC console, a warning is displayed and you are prompted to disconnect the current session and connect a new session. + +image::vnc-console-warning.png[] +==== + ifdef::desktop-viewer,serial-console[] . Click *Disconnect* to end the VNC console session. Otherwise, the VNC console session continues to run in the background. . Select *{console-menu}* from the console list. diff --git a/virt/managing_vms/virt-accessing-vm-consoles.adoc b/virt/managing_vms/virt-accessing-vm-consoles.adoc index 6f20291086fe..be2615f88a75 100644 --- a/virt/managing_vms/virt-accessing-vm-consoles.adoc +++ b/virt/managing_vms/virt-accessing-vm-consoles.adoc @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ You can connect to the following consoles to access running virtual machines (VM [id="vnc-console_virt-accessing-vm-consoles"] == Connecting to the VNC console -You can connect to the VNC console of a virtual machine by using the {product-title} web console or the `virtctl` command-line tool. +You can connect to the Virtual Network Computing (VNC) console of a VM by using the {product-title} web console or the `virtctl` command-line tool. :context: vnc-console include::modules/virt-connecting-to-vm-console-web.adoc[leveloffset=+2] @@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ You can connect to a Windows virtual machine (VM) by using the desktop viewer an :context: desktop-viewer include::modules/virt-connecting-to-vm-console-web.adoc[leveloffset=+2] -:context: virt-accessing-vm-consoles \ No newline at end of file +:context: virt-accessing-vm-consoles