Shutting Down a Virtual Machine

Shut down a virtual machine to begin an orderly shutdown of the guest operating system.

To shut down a virtual machine in everRun Availability Console

1. Select a virtual machine on the Virtual Machines page.
2. Click Shutdown.

If the virtual machine is not responding, you can also Power Off the virtual machine to stop it without properly shutting down the guest operating system.

Shutting down a virtual machine in the everRun Availability Console is similar to pressing the power button on a physical machine, which typically results in an orderly shutdown of the operating system. In some cases, you may need to explicitly enable this feature in the guest operating system. For example:

• On some guests, the power button does not shut down the system unless a user is logged on to the operating system. You may be able to update security settings to enable the power button even in the absence of a login session.
• On some minimal server versions of Ubuntu Linux, the acpid package that enables the power button is not included in the default installation. You can manually install this package to enable the power button.

See the documentation for your guest operating system to configure the behavior of the system power button, thus enabling the Shutdown button to work in the everRun Availability Console.

Related Topics

Starting a Virtual Machine

Powering Off a Virtual Machine

Managing the Operation of a Virtual Machine