Protect a VM

An administrator can block actions on a VM in the platform by other users who do not have the Protect virtual machine privilege.

This section describes how to protect a VM from changes within the platform. To protect a VM with disaster recovery, see Protect a VM with disaster recovery

You can lock or protect a deployed VM when it is powered on, paused, or powered off.

Privileges: Protect virtual machine

To protect a VM

Select the VM and click the padlock protect VM button on the VM control panel near the Deploy VM button
In the Protect virtual machine dialog, enter the reason for protecting the VM.

Protect a VM from the padlock button on the VM control panel

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 open padlock unprotect VM button