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Boot - Shutdown Server PC and virtual machines
Virtual Machines
- Shutdown
- If we want to shutdown virtual machines without shutting down server PC then we connect to Server HY to proxmox
- Warning! We do not connect from a PC that was booted from network because our login session is running on the virtual machines we want to shutdown and we will lose connection. We connect either from a PC with local installation and local user or from Server PC itself.
- On the left pane we select Datacenter and double click on hosta. We can see here the running virtual machines.
- To shutdown a virtual machine we have 3 ways.
- (Normal shutdown). We right click on the virtual machine and select Shutdown. What this does to a virtual machine is equivalent to pressing power button for a second only on a normal PC to send a shutdown command.
- (Normal shutdown). If above procedure doesn't work, we right click on it, select Console to open a VNC Console and do a shutdown from within the OS of the virtual machine.
- (Abnormal shutdown). To shutdown abnormally (poweroff) a virtual machine, if for example it has frozen, we click on Stop button. What this does to a virtual machine is equivalent to pressing power button on a normal PC for many seconds until it cuts power. Reset button on a virtual machine is equivalent to reset button on a normal PC.
- Boot
- Το boot a virtual machine We right click on the virtual machine and select Start or we left click to select it and click on the Start button in the up right.
Server vm - lserver boots always first and after it finishes booting, the rest vms start. With similar logic it is the last vm to shut down after all other vms have stopped
Server PC
- Boot
- Locally : We start Server PC normally by pressing power button. It is configured to start all virtual machines automatically in the correct order.
- Shutdown
- Locally : We can safely give shutdown command even from power button by pressing it lightly for a second. Server will shutdown virtual machines in the right order and then shutdown itself.
- Remotely : We connect to Server PC to proxmox, select hosta and from the button on the up row we click on Shutdown
- Restart
- Remotely : We connect to Server PC to proxmox, select hosta and from the button on the up row we click on Restart
If possible, it is recommended to shutdown virtual machines before shutting down or restart Server PC. Virtual machines can be automatically shutdown from Server PC when it shuts down or reboot, however it may fail to gracefully shutdown the vms and shut them down abnormally after 2 minutes risking data loss.
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