Shelving virtual machines

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

• Virtual machines are created, as described in Creating virtual machines.

To shelve a virtual machine

• Click the desired virtual machine.

• If the VM is stopped, click Shelve on its right pane.

• If the VM is running or suspended, click Shut down or Power off on its right pane, and then select Shelve virtual machine in the confirmation window.

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

• Click a shelved virtual machine.

• On the VM right pane, click Unshelve.