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Starting and Stopping ECSs

You can start, stop, restart, or delete the ECS.

• To prevent a sudden load increase, you are advised to start or stop a small number of ECSs at a time.
• If an ECS remains in the Restarting or Stopping state for a long time, you can forcibly restart or stop it. In such a case, any unsaved data on the ECS will be lost. Therefore, exercise caution when forcibly restarting or stopping an ECS.

For bare metal ECSs (with physical flavors) such as C7t ECSs, do not run commands such as shutdown, poweoff, or half in the OS because the commands may be invalid or the ECS may fail to be started after being stopped.

Starting ECSs

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select your region and project.
3. Under Computing, select Elastic Cloud Server.
4. In the ECS list, select the target ECSs.
5. Click Start in the upper left corner of the list.
6. In the displayed window, click OK.
   

   Contact the administrator if the ECS has been in the Starting state for more than 30 minutes.

Stopping ECSs

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select your region and project.
3. Under Computing, select Elastic Cloud Server.
4. In the ECS list, select the target ECSs.
5. Click Stop in the upper left corner of the list.
6. In the displayed dialog box, select Forcibly stop the preceding ECSs based on your service requirements.
   

   After an ECS is forcibly stopped, unsaved data on the ECS will be lost.

   ECSs with physical flavors, such as C7t ECSs, only support the force stop option. Ensure that you have saved all files on those ECSs.

7. Click OK to stop the ECSs.
   

   Contact the administrator if the ECS has been in the Stopping state for more than 30 minutes.

Restarting ECSs

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select your region and project.
3. Under Computing, select Elastic Cloud Server.
4. In the ECS list, select the target ECSs.
5. Click Restart in the upper left corner of the list.
   

   After an ECS is forcibly restarted, unsaved data on the ECS will be lost.

6. Click OK to stop the ECSs.
   

   Contact the administrator if the ECS has been in the Restarting state for more than 30 minutes.

Deleting an ECS

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and select your region and project.
3. Under Computing, select Elastic Cloud Server.
4. In the ECS list, select the target ECSs.
5. Click Delete in the upper left corner of the list.
   

   Contact the administrator if the ECS has been in the Deleting state for more than 30 minutes.

Parent topic: Managing ECS Configurations