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 > 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:
   • Start
   • Turn Off
   • Pause
   • Reset
   • Resume
   • Revert
   • Shut Down
   • Save
   • Delete Saved State