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It's important to clarify the different states that Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines can have in Abiquo platform and the differences between them.

Virtual Machine states

• Undeployed: The Virtual Machine does not exist in the cloud node; it is just a template of the Virtual Machine to be deployed. Resources are not allocated in the cloud node and it is not consumming resources.

• Power On: The Virtual Machine exists in the cloud node and is running. Resources are allocated in the cloud node.

• Power Off: The Virtual Machine exists in the cloud node but it is not running. Resources are allocated in the cloud node.

• Paused: The Virtual Machine exists in the cloud node and it is in paused state. Resources are allocated in the cloud node.

• In Progress: The Virtual Machine is changing its current state.

Virtual Appliance states

• Undeployed: All the Virtual Machines are in Undeployed state. The Virtual Appliance can be understood as a template. Resources are not allocated in the cloud node and it is not consumming resources.

• Deployed: There are some (or all) Virtual Machines which are not in Undeployed state. Resources are allocated in the cloud node.

• Update Running Appliance: This state is reached when a Virtual Appliance which is in Deployed state is modified. This state indicates that the configuration of the Virtual Appliance in the cloud node is different than the configuration of the Virtual Appliance in Abiquo Server. To update the cloud node with the changes, click the button.

Deplyod state and Powered Off Virtual Machines The fact that all the Virtual Machines in a Virtual Appliance are Powered Off does not imply that the Virtual Appliance is Undeployed. In the first case, the Virtual Appliance is consumming resources because the Virtual Machines exist in the cloud nodes. In the second case, the Virtual Appliance is not consuming resources.