Controlling changes in the status of virtual machines
Administration Server stores information about the status of managed devices, such as the hardware registry and the list of installed applications, and the settings of managed applications, tasks and policies. If a virtual machine functions as a managed device, the user can restore its status at any time using a previously created snapshot of the virtual machine. Information about the status of the virtual machine on Administration Server may become outdated.
For example, the administrator had created a protection policy on Administration Server at 12:00 PM, which started to run on virtual machine VM_1 at 12:01 PM. At 12:30 PM, the user of virtual machine VM_1 changed its status by restoring it from a snapshot made at 11:00 AM. The protection policy stops running on the virtual machine. However, outdated information stored on Administration Server states that the protection policy on virtual machine VM_1 continues.
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After each synchronization with a device, the Administration Server generates a unique ID that is stored on the device and on the Administration Server. Before starting the next synchronization, Administration Server compares the values of those IDs on both sides. If the values of the IDs do not match, Administration Server recognizes the virtual machine as restored from a snapshot. Administration Server resets all the settings of policies and tasks that are active for the virtual machine and sends it the up-to-date policies and the list of group tasks.
