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An administrator can block actions on a VM in the platform by other users who do not have the Protect virtual machine privilege. You can lock or protect a deployed VM when it is powered on, paused, or powered off.
To protect a VM
  The platform will display a padlock symbol in the top left corner of the VM icon and change the status of the VM to MAINTENANCE. The administrator can customize this status in the UI labels. The name of the administrator who blocked the VM and the reason display in VM details → General. To release a protected VM, click the padlock unprotect VM button |
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In vCloud Director, to reset the initial password of the root or Administrator user for a VM do these steps.
The platform will automatically shut down the VM and run the process to reset the password, then it will restart the VM. |
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Screenshot: You can check the relocation by clicking the Relocate button again, which will show the original host as a new candidate
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What happens when the user clicks deploy?
The VM scheduler deploys the VM.
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If your user role is an administrator role with the privilege to "Manage Users", then you can also delete warnings for the users of the enterprises that you manage.
States of VMs and virtual appliances
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Virtual machine states table
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Manage workflow tasks
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When workflow is enabled, the user's requests to deploy, reconfigure and undeploy VMs will be held with the status waiting to be reviewed. This can include actions on scaling groups, unless the administrator selects the option to disable workflow in the scaling group. To view the list of workflow tasks
To filter workflow tasks, enter text in the filter box at the top of the tasks list.  To continue a queued workflow task, click the Accept link beside the task. To cancel a queued workflow task, click the Reject link beside the task |
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