The platform may put VMs into the UNKNOWN state if there is an issue with a connection to the hypervisor. It marks these VMs with the gray UNKNOWN state label.
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If the platform later recovers the connection to the hypervisor, it will restore the VMs to their corresponding state.
A user may see a VM in an UNKNOWN state and wish to delete it but this action is protected by a privilege because after you delete the VM, you may also need to check the host machine.
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PrivilegePrivileges: Delete unknown virtual machine |
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