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Shutdown when idle does not seem to work, Any suggestions?
We are using Azure Labs for an Engineering course where students have simulations that can take hours to run on a Windows 10 machine. The idea was that students could start the simulation, disconnect...
- Hi there, unfortunately our auto-shutdown settings currently do not enable custom definitions of what "idle" means. The "shut-down when idle" setting shuts down when there is no user input (keyboard, mouse) and if the CPU usage is low.
If you have a good estimate of how long the simulations run on average, you could try setting the auto-shutdown when idle to be much longer (e.g. several hours). You could also try setting stop-only schedules at specific times that will shut down all the student VMs by a certain time.
Hi there, unfortunately our auto-shutdown settings currently do not enable custom definitions of what "idle" means. The "shut-down when idle" setting shuts down when there is no user input (keyboard, mouse) and if the CPU usage is low.
If you have a good estimate of how long the simulations run on average, you could try setting the auto-shutdown when idle to be much longer (e.g. several hours). You could also try setting stop-only schedules at specific times that will shut down all the student VMs by a certain time.
If you have a good estimate of how long the simulations run on average, you could try setting the auto-shutdown when idle to be much longer (e.g. several hours). You could also try setting stop-only schedules at specific times that will shut down all the student VMs by a certain time.