Vista - RE: Shutdown Guest OS Script Problem

09-05-2008

Quote:

> I am using the following code to shutdown a virtual machine...
>
> Set objVS = CreateObject("VirtualServer.Application")
> Set objVM = objVS.FindVirtualMachine("Virtual Machine Name")
>
> Set objGuestOS = objVM.GuestOS
> objGuestOS.Shutdown()
>
> .... this works most of the time, however on some occasions I get the error
> "The guest operating system could not be shutdown", error number 2147024809.
>
> The machine is still in a useable state (i.e. not crashed or frozen). The
> only thing I can think of is that the machine may still have applications
> running. Would this cause this error, and if so is there anything I can do to
> force the machine to close the applications and shutdown. The virtual
> machines may not always have a network connection, so I cannot call
> shutdown.exe remotely.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.

What happens when, the virtual machine is in such a condition that (a) It won't complete bringing itself up, (b) you can't 'SHUIT DOWN GUEST OS', or (c) It will not respond even to a TURN OFF, RESET or anything else. The only thing I haven't tried is rebooting the HOST machine - but this will obviously be invasive to the other virtual's.

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09-05-2008	#1 (permalink)
Joe n/a posts	RE: Shutdown Guest OS Script Problem Quote: > I am using the following code to shutdown a virtual machine... > > Set objVS = CreateObject("VirtualServer.Application") > Set objVM = objVS.FindVirtualMachine("Virtual Machine Name") > > Set objGuestOS = objVM.GuestOS > objGuestOS.Shutdown() > > .... this works most of the time, however on some occasions I get the error > "The guest operating system could not be shutdown", error number 2147024809. > > The machine is still in a useable state (i.e. not crashed or frozen). The > only thing I can think of is that the machine may still have applications > running. Would this cause this error, and if so is there anything I can do to > force the machine to close the applications and shutdown. The virtual > machines may not always have a network connection, so I cannot call > shutdown.exe remotely. > > Any help is greatly appreciated. What happens when, the virtual machine is in such a condition that (a) It won't complete bringing itself up, (b) you can't 'SHUIT DOWN GUEST OS', or (c) It will not respond even to a TURN OFF, RESET or anything else. The only thing I haven't tried is rebooting the HOST machine - but this will obviously be invasive to the other virtual's. Posted via http://www.VirtualServerFaq.com - Brought to you by Business Information Technology Shop - http://www.bitshop.com
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