Patent attributes
Methods and apparatus to remotely start a virtual machine are disclosed herein. An example method to remotely start a virtual machine includes requesting, at a network device, allocation of a network address to the network device, the network address formerly being allocated to the virtual machine and generating, with the network device, a user interface. The user interface presents an option to start at least one of the virtual machine and an operating system installed in the virtual machine. Some example methods also include requesting, at the network device, release of the network address based on a selection of the option to start the virtual machine. Release of the network address causes the network address to be available for re-allocation to the virtual machine. The example methods can further include generating an instruction to start the virtual machine when the option to start the virtual machine is selected.
