Pausing or restarting automatic scaling in a virtual application instance

If a scaling policy was set on components in a virtual application pattern or virtual application template that you deployed into the cloud, you can pause or resume the scaling in the resulting virtual application instance.

To pause or resume the scaling policy settings on the virtual machines in a virtual application instance, begin from the Virtual Application Instances window and complete the following steps:

1. Select the virtual application instance that you want to pause or resume scaling on.
2. Click Manage to open the Virtual Application Console window.
3. Click the Operations tab.
4. From the left panel of the Operations page, click the AUTOSCALING operation.
5. From the Auto-scaling section in the right panel, choose one of the following tasks:
   • To pause the auto-scaling on the virtual machines in this virtual application instance, click Pause and then click Submit.
   • To resume the auto-scaling on the virtual machines in this virtual application instance, click Resume and then click Submit.