Amber State

Virtual Machine stuck in amber state on XenServer 6.0.2

Virtual Machine stuck in amber state on XenServer 6.0.2

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Sometimes a VM will get stucked, and you can see errors when trying to Force ShutDown or Restart like this: 08.08.2012 13:45:25 Error: Shutting down VM ‘NAME OF VIRTUAL MACHINE’ on ‘xenserver02’ – Another operation involving the object is currently in progress This can happen to be a virtual machine. Typically you will not get […]

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How to Shut Down a XenServer VM which is Unresponsive in the Pending or Amber State

How to Shut Down a XenServer VM which is Unresponsive in the Pending or Amber State

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This issue happens from time to time, I’ve had the problem a number of times in our Demo Center at Arrow ECS in Norway. It’s often hassle to find out why it happens, but here is how you can shut down a virtual machine, which is in an amber state from XenServer control domain. First […]

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