Shelving virtual machines – LS Cloud

You can unbind a stopped VM from the node it is hosted on and release its reserved resources such as CPU and RAM. A shelved VM remains bootable and retains its configuration, including the IP addresses.

Prerequisites

To shelve a stopped virtual machine

  1. Click a stopped virtual machine.
  2. On the VM right pane, click Shelve.

To shelve a running or suspended virtual machine

  1. Click a running or suspended virtual machine.
  2. On the VM right pane, click Shut down or Power off, and then select Shelve virtual machine in the confirmation window.

To spawn a shelved VM on a node with enough resources to host it

  1. Click a shelved virtual machine.
  2. On the VM right pane, click Unshelve.
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Updated on May 31, 2022
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