Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand User's Guide

Table 3‑1. Description of Power Options for Virtual Machines (Continued)
Power State Description
Suspend | Resume Suspending a virtual machine freezes the virtual machine CPU and preserves its
current state. Suspend and resume operations are useful when you want to save the
current state of a virtual machine, and continue work later from the same state.
When you resume the virtual machine, all documents you were working on open
and all applications are in the same state as they were at the time you suspended the
virtual machine.
The speed of the suspend and resume operations depends on how much data has
changed while the virtual machine ran. In general, the first suspend operation takes
a bit longer than later suspend operations. Suspending and resuming rely on being
able to save a known state that will not change.
Reset Power cycles the virtual machine. Resetting a virtual machine clears the state of
memory, cache, and so on, but the virtual machine continues to run.
Change the Power State of a Virtual Machine
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To power on or power off a group of virtual machines, from the virtual machines list, select the check
boxes for the virtual machines you want to change and click the Power On or Power Off button.
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To change the power state for a virtual machine, select the virtual machine and right-click to display the
available power options.
Edit Virtual Machine Properties
You can change the name, description, and owner of a virtual machine in Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand.
Prerequisites
You have the required permission to manage the virtual machine. If you are a member of the End User role,
you are the virtual machine owner or you are a Virtual Infrastructure Administrator. The owner of the
virtual machine is the user who created the virtual machine or who was transferred ownership of the virtual
machine.
Procedure
1 Select the virtual machine for which you want to edit the properties.
2 To change the name or description of the virtual machine, select Edit Name and Description from the
Actions menu and type a new name and description.
The virtual machine name (a label in Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand) is distinct from the computer
or host name, which is set in the guest operating system of the virtual machine and identifies it on a
network.
3 To change the owner of the virtual machine, select Change Owner from the Actions menu and select
the new owner from the list of users who can have access to the virtual machine.
NOTE You must be a member of an administrative role in Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand to change
the ownership of a virtual machine. End users cannot change the ownership of a virtual machine.
4 Click Save.
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