About The Console Every server at Bytemark has its own console to help you with maintenance and emergencies. The console provides three main...
Connecting to the Console Cloud Servers Cloud Servers are provided with a graphical console which can be accessed through the ‘Cloud Servers‘ tab in...
Connecting to the Console from Windows Here is a brief guide to using PuTTY to connect to our console shell, for both Dedicated Servers (*.dh.bytemark.co.uk) and Legacy Virtual...
Using the Console Shell This article gives instructions on using the Recovery Console Shell to remotely manage your server in the event of an...
Actions Menu The actions menu lets you administer your Dedicated Server or Legacy Virtual Machine within the Recovery Console. To invoke the actions menu press Ctrl+p Ctrl+o whenever...
Key Bindings The console shell for Dedicated Servers and Legacy Virtual Machines is primarily driven by the actions menu but each of the activities which may be selected...
Restarting your Server Please Note: You should only use this method on Dedicated Servers if the normal reboot command doesn’t work. If you forcibly reboot...
Windows SAC (Special Administration Console) If your server is Windows-based then the console shell can help you diagnose and fix it, even if the system hasn’t started...
Rescuing your Server This page will help you fix your Bytemark host using the Recovery Console. The guide assumes that your server is...
Detecting Trouble This article provides guidance on how to identify any issues with your Recovery Console. What should be on my console?...
Network Boot Environment You can use our recovery console to boot your Cloud Servers or Dedicated Servers into a special network environment. This environment lets you access your server...