Start, stop, or restart a VM

This topic describes how to start, stop, or restart a VM in the KubeSphere Virtualization (KSV) web console.

KSV allows you to forcibly restart or stop VMs. If a VM becomes abnormal, you can restart the VM to recover. If a VM is no longer used, you can stop the VM.

Prerequisites

The user that you use has been granted the permissions to manage VMs. Only user admin, project administrators, and operators can manage VMs. Project viewers can view only VMs in the projects to which they belong.

Procedure

1. Log in to the KSV web console.

2. In the top navigation bar, click Virtual Resources to go to the management page of virtual resources.

3. In the left-side navigation pane, choose VMs > VMs to go to the VM management page.

4. On the VMs page, find the VM that you want to manage, right-click on the blank area to open the shortcuts for VM operations, and then select Stop, Start, or Restart from the drop-down list.

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   You can also click and select Force Stop or Force Start from the drop-down list to forcibly stop or start the VM.

5. In the dialog box that appears, click OK to proceed with the operation.

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   • The VM start, stop, and restart operations may take a while. The VM status will be updated automatically after the operation is complete.

   • Depending on the status of the VMs, some operations may not be supported.