Version: 2.1 - Published:
Contents
Description
When a Charon instance is stopped using the Charon tray icon, the Charon service management utility, Windows service management or the Virtual Machines Manager (depending on Charon version installed), it is like powering off a physical system without shutting it down first. In such a case, there is no clean shutdown of the guest operating system, the services and applications are not stopped properly, and the file systems are not dismounted cleanly.The utility described in this document is designed to perform a clean shutdown before the power off occurs. It is based on a PowerShell script and an optional expect script.
Only CHARON instances running as Windows services can be managed by this utility. Virtual machines started from the launcher are not supported (CHARON-AXP and CHARON-VAX before version 4.8).
This document explains how to configure the utility and the methods that can be used to execute the remote shutdown. It relates to script version 2.1.
Conventions
Throughout the document(s) these conventions are followed
Notation | Description |
$ | The dollar sign in interactive examples indicates an operating system prompt for VMS. The dollar sign can also indicate non superuser prompt for UNIX / Linux. |
# | The number sign represents the superuser prompt for UNIX / Linux. |
| > | The right angle bracket in interactive examples indicates an operating system prompt for Windows command (cmd.exe). |
| Bold monospace type in interactive examples indicates typed user input. |
| Bold monospace type enclosed by angle brackets indicates command parameters and parameter values. |
| Monospace type in interactive examples, indicates command response output. |
[ ] | In syntax definitions, brackets indicate items that are optional. |
... | In syntax definitions, a horizontal ellipsis indicates that the preceding item can be repeated one or more times. |
| Italic monospace type, in interactive examples, indicates typed context dependent user input. |
The following definitions apply
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Host | The system on which the emulator runs, also called the Charon server |
| Guest | The operating system running on a Charon instance, for example, Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS, Solaris, MPE or HP-UX |
Related products
- CHARON-AXP on Windows, all versions
- CHARON-VAX on Windows, all versions
Supported Guest Operating System versions
- All VMS versions
- All Tru64 versions
Supported Windows versions
This version of the utility has been validated on the following operating systems:
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows 7
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 10
PowerShell V5.1 or newer version is required.