The Resume Settings options enables you to configure the VM state and boot order at the environment level.
To archive an environment:
- Click the Infrastructure button.
- Click the Environments List tab from the left menu and select the relevant environment. Note that the environment must be active.
- Click the ellipsis
menu icon on the right of the Environment Details page and select the Resume Settings option, as shown below:
The following is displayed detailing the VMs, boot orders, and their current VM states:
Updating the Boot Order
In the Boot Order column, select the order in which you want the VMs to boot.
You can boot all of the virtual machines together or organize them into booting groups.
VMs can be grouped into a maximum of three groups, and each booting group can have 1-25 VMs. By default, all VMs will be in Group 1.
When customizing the VMs’ boot order, the environment's spin-up time may increase, as VM booting groups will spin up consecutively.
If a group contains several VMs, they will boot simultaneously.
Booting order example: Let’s assume you utilize three booting groups. The first group contains one virtual machine, the second group contains two virtual machines, and the third group contains three virtual machines. In this case, the virtual machines in Groups 2 and 3 will not begin booting until the first group has completed. The two virtual machines in the second group will boot simultaneously.
Updating the Resume Type
In case the memory state of a VM is not required, Resume without Memory is recommended in many cases - to optimize the VM’s resume time.
In the Resume Type column, you can set it per each VM in a blueprint by selecting one of the following options:
- Resume without Memory - VMs will be powered off in suspended mode. When resumed, they will power back on without RAM state.
- Resume with Memory - VMs will suspend and resume with RAM state.
The default setting will be Resume with Memory. The default value per blueprint can be configured at the project level.
SaaS template states cannot be edited and must remain in a Resume without Memory state.
Click Save to save your changes.
Once saved, a notification will appear, and the state of the machine will change to the selected status. This status can be seen in the Environment Settings and Viewer.
The resume type will still be enforced even if the end user chooses to suspend their environments or if an automatic suspension policy is in effect.
Saving your changes will only impact the current environment instance. In order to commit the changes to future environments, you will need to take a snapshot through the Environment Details page.
The VMs List will display the current state of VMs, reflecting whether they are resumed with or without memory. Taking a snapshot will save the current resume settings.
Viewing the Resume Type in the Snapshot
Snapshots will display the Resume Type at the time the snapshot was created on the Snapshot Details page under the VM List.