Pausing and resuming virtual machine protection and control in a local interface

You can pause and resume protection and control of a protected virtual machine in the local interface of Light Agent for Windows.

Pausing virtual machine protection and control means disabling all protection and control components of the application for a certain amount of time.

The application icon in the taskbar notification area indicates that the application is running:

• The icon signifies that virtual machine protection and control are paused.
• The  icon signifies that virtual machine protection and control have been resumed.

Pausing or resuming virtual machine protection and control does not affect the performance of tasks.

If any network connections are already established when you pause or resume virtual machine protection and control, a notification about the termination of these network connections is displayed.

To pause virtual machine protection and control:

1. Open the context menu of the application icon located in the taskbar notification area.
2. In the context menu, select Pause protection and control.
3. In the window that opens, select one of the following options:
   • Pause for the specified time – Virtual machine protection and control resume after the amount of time that is specified in the drop-down list below has elapsed. You can select the necessary amount of time in the drop-down list.
   • Pause until restart – Virtual machine protection and control resume after you quit and reopen the application or restart the operating system. Automatic startup of the application must be enabled to use this option.
   • Pause – Virtual machine protection and control resume when you decide to re-enable them.

You can resume virtual machine protection and control at any time, regardless of the option you previously selected to pause virtual machine protection and control.

To resume virtual machine protection and control:

1. Open the context menu of the application icon located in the taskbar notification area.
2. In the context menu, select Resume protection and control.