Operations for Virtual Elements

This section describes the operations available for virtual elements.

Operations can have the following characteristics:

Single: The operation can be applied to a single virtual element.
Mass: The operation can be applied to a set of virtual elements.
Forced: The dependencies between virtual elements are ignored.

Operation	Operation Type	Virtual Element Status	Operation Characteristic	Virtual Element	Result
Activate	Normal	Defined	Single Mass	Cloud Entity Virtualization Entity	The virtual host switches to powered-on state. Starts the operating system (OS).
Activate	Normal	Suspended	Single Mass	Cloud Entity Virtualization Entity	Selects the previous virtual host provider or OS resource pool. Reads the previously saved RAM from persistent memory. Resumes the virtual host.
Clear Alerts	Other	Not applicable	Single Mass	Cloud Entity Virtualization Entity	Removes assigned alerts from the virtual host.
Clear Notes	Other	Not applicable	Single Mass	Cloud Entity Virtualization Entity	Removes assigned notes from the virtual host.
Deactivate (OS Shutdown)	Normal	Active	Single Mass	Cloud Entity Virtualization Entity	Stops and unprepares all instances running on the virtual host. Deactivates the virtual host. Gracefully shuts down the OS running on the virtual system.
Deactivate (Power Off)	Normal	Active	Single Mass	Cloud Entity Virtualization Entity	Stops the SAP instances running on the virtual hosts. Disconnects the virtual systems from power supply.
Destroy	Normal	Active	Single	Cloud Entity	Destroys virtual elements.
Destroy	Normal	Defined	Single	Cloud Entity	Destroys virtual elements.
Forced Deactivate (Power Off)	Forced	Active	Single	Cloud Entity Virtualization Entity	Does not stop and unprepare instances running on this virtual host. Deactivates the virtual host by powering off.
Forced Deactivate (OS Shutdown)	Forced	Active	Single	Cloud Entity Virtualization Entity	Does not stop and unprepare instances running on this virtual host. If supported by the virtualization technology, deactivates the virtual host by shutting down the OS.
Forced Suspend	Forced	Active	Single	Cloud Entity Virtualization Entity	Does not stop and unprepare instances running on the virtual host Stops the virtual host. Saves RAM to persistent memory.
Migrate	Normal	Active	Single Mass	Cloud Entity Virtualization Entity	If supported by the virtualization technology, migrates the virtual host from one virtual host provider to another, or from one OS resource pool to another.
Migrate	Normal	Suspended	Single Mass	Cloud Entity Virtualization Entity	If supported by the virtualization technology, migrates active virtual hosts and moves this active virtual host to another virtual host provider or OS resource pool.
Monitor Virtual Element	Normal	Not applicable	Single Mass	Cloud Entity Virtualization Entity	Updates the virtual element monitoring data on demand.
Reboot	Normal	Active	Single Mass	Cloud Entity	Reboots the OS running on the cloud entity.
Resize	Normal	Defined	Single	Cloud Entity	Resizes virtual elements from one instance type to another.
Suspend	Normal	Active	Single Mass	Cloud Entity Virtualization Entity	Stops and unprepares all instances running on that virtual system/host as well as all dependent instances. Stops the virtual host. Saves RAM to persistent memory.