Performing Guest State Management

The Guest Overview dashboard includes links to change the state of the virtual machine, which is useful when preparing to take a snapshot, or when performing remedial work. For example, you can pause or turn off a guest machine while you change its configuration, and restart the machine for changes to take effect.

1. In Service Center, click Status and then click Service Modules.

2. Click the Hyper-V link.

3. In the Managed Sites table, click a site name.

4. Scroll down to the Managed Hosts table.

5. Click a host machine name.

6. Scroll down to the Guests table.

7. Click a guest machine name.

8. Under Guest State Management, click one of the following links:

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  • Start

  • Turn Off

  • Pause

  • Reset

  • Resume

  • Revert

  • Shut Down

  • Save

  • Delete Saved State

Note: The Revert link is only available if the guest has saved snapshots. The Delete Saved State link is only available if the guest is currently in a saved state.