[one-users] How to reboot a host without migrating the VMs running on it?

[Liu, Guang Jun (Gene)]

I have the same needs for maintenance and performance tunning of my 
organization system. Suggestions are highly appreciated.

Gene

On Tue 21 Jan 2014 08:12:24 AM EST, Gerry O'Brien wrote:
> Hi,
>
>     Is there any recommended way to reboot a host without migrating
> the VM from it to another host?
>
>     The issue I have is that I need to reboot all the hosts but as
> they are running a lot of large Windows images (up 100GB) the
> logistics of live migration if complicated.
>
>     Can the image be put into a recommended state and resumes after
> the host has restarted. I've tried shuting down the VM but this
> doesn't seem to work. Maybe it is aWindows issue.
>
>         Regards,
>             Gerry
>