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  <title>Controlling a Cloud VM</title>
  <body>
    <p>You can use <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> to control a cloud VM as follows: </p>
    <ul>
      <li>
        <p><b outputclass="bold">Start.</b> Use the <b outputclass="bold">Start</b> button in the <uicontrol>Machines</uicontrol> toolbar.</p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p><b outputclass="bold">Stop.</b> Click the
              cloud VM name and select <b>Machine</b>, <b>Stop</b>. Menu options to
              shut down and power off the cloud VM are available.
            </p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p><b outputclass="bold">Reset.</b> Click the
          cloud VM name and select <b>Machine</b>, <b>Reset</b>. The cloud VM is stopped, then restarted automatically.
        </p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p><b outputclass="bold">Terminate.</b> Use the
              <b outputclass="bold">Terminate</b> button in the
              <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> toolbar.
            </p>
        <note type="caution">
          <p>This action deletes the instance from <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/>. </p>
        </note>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <p>When you control a cloud VM in <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> the machine list is updated
      automatically with the current instance state, such as <b outputclass="bold">Stopped</b> or <b outputclass="bold"
        >Running</b>. </p>
    <p>When you control an instance using the <ph conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/oci"/> console, <ph
        conkeyref="vbox-conkeyref-phrases/vbox-mgr"/> updates the status for the corresponding cloud VM automatically. </p>
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