Overview
Virtual platforms offer the ability to control various aspects of your Nasuni Edge Appliance or Nasuni Management Console. This chapter presents procedures for these control functions. Because these controls depend on third-party virtual platforms, you should follow the procedures for your specific virtual platform.
Note: The vendor changes their interfaces occasionally with little notice to the users. The exact screens and text on these platforms might change at any time.
Status of the Microsoft Azure VM
On the virtual platform, you can view the status of the Microsoft Azure VM of the Nasuni Edge Appliance or Nasuni Management Console. On the Microsoft Azure dashboard, click Virtual Machines in the left column, then select the virtual machine from the list. The virtual machine page appears. Click Dashboard.
Information appears, including graphs of activity, status, DNS name, public virtual IP address, and details about the disks.
Shutting down the Nasuni Edge Appliance or NMC
To shut down the Nasuni Edge Appliance, use the NEA Web UI as described in chapter 3 of the Edge Appliance Administration Guide. To shut down the NMC, use the NMC as described in chapter 5 of NMC Guide.
Caution: Always shut down the NEA or NMC before shutting down the VM.
Caution: Do not reboot or power off the appliance during the first boot. After the first boot completes, you may reboot or power off the appliance as needed.
Shutting down the virtual machine
As an alternative to shutting down the Nasuni Edge Appliance or NMC as described above, you can perform a “graceful” or “soft” shutdown of the virtual machine.
On the virtual platform, you can shut down the Microsoft Azure VM of the Nasuni Edge Appliance or Nasuni Management Console.
Note: You can also shut down the Nasuni Edge Appliance or Nasuni Management Console using the Shutdown or Power button available on every page. However, the virtual machine is not deprovisioned in Azure, and the virtual machine still incurs costs as if it were running.
To shut down the Microsoft Azure VM, follow these steps:
On the Microsoft Azure dashboard page, click Virtual Machines in the left-hand column. A list of virtual machines appears.
Select the VM.
On the VM’s page, select Stop. The state changes to Stopping, then to Stopped.
The virtual machine shuts down.
Starting the Microsoft Azure VM
On the virtual platform, you can start a stopped Microsoft Azure VM of the Nasuni Edge Appliance or Nasuni Management Console.
To start a stopped Microsoft Azure VM, follow these steps:
On the Microsoft Azure dashboard page, click Virtual Machines in the left-hand column. A list of virtual machines appears.
Select the VM.
At the bottom of the screen, select Start. The state changes to Starting, then to Running.
The virtual machine starts.