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How to Change Virtual Machine State or Service Instance State

 

Applies To: System Center 2012 - App Controller, System Center 2012 SP1 - App Controller, System Center 2012 R2 App Controller

To change the state of a deployed service

  1. On the Services page, select the service instance for which the state needs to be changed.

  2. Change the state of the deployed service by clicking the appropriate button on the task bar. The available state-changing tasks are Start, Stop, Resume, Suspend, and Shut down.

    The state of a service deployment can also be changed in the diagram view by right-clicking a deployment and selecting an appropriate action from the menu.

To change the state of a deployed virtual machine

  1. On the Virtual Machines page, select the virtual machine for which the state needs to be changed.

  2. Change the state of the virtual machine by clicking the appropriate button on the task bar. The available state-changing tasks are Shutdown, Pause, Turn Off, Save, Store and Mount image.

    The state of a deployed virtual machine can also be changed in the diagram view by right-clicking a virtual machine instance and selecting an appropriate action from the menu.

See Also

Managing Services and Virtual Machines in System Center 2012 - App Controller