Virtual Server 2005 - can Guest OS be timed to "save state"

[Chris Swinney]

Hi,

Not sure where this question will go as there is no specific Vitual Server
2005 newsgroup.

We run different guest OS system on a Virtual server, some of which are
shared client OS's (for testing etc - more effeciient than using Virtual PC).
Users can connect using the VMRC client to control use these OS's, but if a
client is disconnected, the Guest OS remain running, so consuming Host OS
resources.

Is there any way to get the guest OS to go into a "saved state" if no longer
needed. I can't see that any of the script options will do what I need, but
I'm not sure.

Chris

 

[Chris Swinney]

RE: Virtual Server 2005 - can Guest OS be timed to "save state"

I wonder if anyone has any thought on this?

"Chris Swinney" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Not sure where this question will go as there is no specific Vitual Server
> 2005 newsgroup.
>
> We run different guest OS system on a Virtual server, some of which are
> shared client OS's (for testing etc - more effeciient than using Virtual PC).
> Users can connect using the VMRC client to control use these OS's, but if a
> client is disconnected, the Guest OS remain running, so consuming Host OS
> resources.
>
> Is there any way to get the guest OS to go into a "saved state" if no longer
> needed. I can't see that any of the script options will do what I need, but
> I'm not sure.
>
> Chris
>

 

[Chris Swinney]

RE: Virtual Server 2005 - can Guest OS be timed to "save state"

My guess is this is not possible. A real shame but would be nice a a future
addition, especially in enviroment where the virtual machines are set up as
tempoary test areas or labs that do not need to be run all the time.

"Chris Swinney" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Not sure where this question will go as there is no specific Vitual Server
> 2005 newsgroup.
>
> We run different guest OS system on a Virtual server, some of which are
> shared client OS's (for testing etc - more effeciient than using Virtual PC).
> Users can connect using the VMRC client to control use these OS's, but if a
> client is disconnected, the Guest OS remain running, so consuming Host OS
> resources.
>
> Is there any way to get the guest OS to go into a "saved state" if no longer
> needed. I can't see that any of the script options will do what I need, but
> I'm not sure.
>
> Chris
>