User`s guide

Operations on Virtual Machines and Containers 70
instead of
exit 0
The 128 exit code tells the utility not to run the scripts and to reinstall the Container with the
default behavior.
Performing Virtual Machine-Specific
Operations
This section focused on operations specific for your virtual machines.
Pausing a Virtual Machine
Pausing a running virtual machine releases the resources, such as RAM and CPU, currently used
by this virtual machine. The released resources can then be used by the Parallels server or other
running virtual machines and Containers.
To pause a virtual machine, you can use the pctl pause command. For example, the
following command pauses the My_VM virtual machine:
# pctl pause My_VM
Pause the VM...
The VM has been successfully paused.
You can check that the virtual machine has been successfully paused by using the pctl list
-a command:
# pctl list -a
STATUS IP_ADDR NAME
running 10.10.10.101 101
paused 10.10.10.201 My_VM
The command output shows that the My_VM virtual machine is paused at the moment. To
continue running this virtual machine, execute this command:
# pctl start My_VM
Starting the VM...
The VM has been successfully started.