[CLOUDSTACK-8354] [VMware] restoreVirtualMachine should forcefully power off VM

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 4.4.2, 4.5.1
• Component/s: API, VMware
• Security Level: Public (Anyone can view this level - this is the default.)
• Labels: vmware
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Matty Courtney
• Created: 31/Mar/15 06:29
• Updated: 29/May/15 21:46

Description

When restoreVirtualMachine API is called against a running instance CloudStack issues a command to vCenter to shutdown the guest OS, which shuts the OS down gracefully.

Sometimes this graceful shutdown can take several minutes if there are processes that prevent/delay the OS shutting down gracefully.

Presumably, when I call the restoreVirtualMachine API I don't care about the current state of the instance and nor do I care if it shuts down gracefully.

Could the restoreVirtualMachine instead tell vCenter to Power Off the VM, which results in the VM immediately changing to a stopped state?