What is a Cloud Pool?
A Cloud Pool is a reserved slice of compute capacity for your organization: CPU, memory, and storage you can carve into virtual machines (VMs) as you need them.
Think of the pool as a budget. Creating a VM spends from that budget; destroying a VM returns capacity so you can create something else.
Where to find it
- Sign in to the client portal.
- Open Compute → Cloud pools.
- Select a pool to open its detail page.
The list shows each active pool, how much capacity you have left, how many VMs it contains, and which site it runs at.
What you get on the pool page
Each pool has five tabs:
| Tab | What it is for |
|---|---|
| Virtual machines | List, start/stop, console, create, and destroy VMs |
| Firewalls | Reusable firewall rule sets used by VMs in this pool |
| Snapshots | Point-in-time snapshots across VMs in this pool |
| Networks | Private networks (SDN), public IP blocks, and VM attachments |
| Backups | Backup storage usage, scheduled policies, and which VMs they protect |
Quota meters at the top show used vs. total for vCPU, memory, and storage.
Pool vs. VM
| Concept | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Cloud Pool | The subscription and capacity envelope (CPU / RAM / disk) |
| VM | One virtual machine you create inside that pool |
Open a VM and you get six tabs: Dashboard, Resources, Firewall, Backups, Snapshots, and Settings.
You can rename a pool with the pencil icon next to its title. Renaming does not affect billing or how VMs run.
Related guides
- Create a virtual machine in a Cloud Pool
- Create a firewall VM in a Cloud Pool
- Start, stop, reset, and open the console
- Backup policies for Cloud Pools
Still stuck?
Open a support ticket from Support → Tickets if a pool is stuck provisioning or capacity looks wrong after several minutes.
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