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title: "Managing the VM Uptime Limit"
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# Managing the VM Uptime Limit

## What is VM Uptime Limit?[​](https://learner-docs.cloudlabs.ai/LabRequest/CheckPointSecureAcademy/ManageVMUptime#what-is-vm-uptime-limit)

**VM Uptime Limit (in minutes)**:This is the VM active time, as in **"How many hours will your VM be running?"** Every event/workshop, as you may be aware, is associated with precise times throughout the day.

## Example[​](https://learner-docs.cloudlabs.ai/LabRequest/CheckPointSecureAcademy/ManageVMUptime#example)

Consider the following scenario: The period of an event/workshop, for example, is **5 days (24X5=120 hours)**. However, each day's event/workshop is scheduled for a set time, such as **10 a.m. to 6 p.m**. **(only 8 hours per day — 8 X 5 days = 40 hours)**. As a result, we cannot leave the VM operating at all times.

So, we have a feature called **VM Uptime Limit** that allows us to limit VM usage in order to save money. Out of a total of **120 hours**, the VM is only active for **40 hours**.

When the limit is reached, the VMs are automatically **stopped (deallocated)**, and users are unable to access or start them - only admins have the ability to extend the limit via the **Admin Portal**.

## How to Configure VM Uptime?[​](https://learner-docs.cloudlabs.ai/LabRequest/CheckPointSecureAcademy/ManageVMUptime#how-to-configure-vm-uptime)

To configure the **VM Uptime Limit**, please follow the following steps:

1. You will land on your On Demand Lab(ODL) Dashboard following a successful login. When configuring the ODL, you can also set the VM Uptime limit. Click **+ ADD ON DEMAND LAB** to add a new lab if you're doing so. If you already built the lab and wish to set the VM uptime limit, you may do so by selecting the **edit** button in the **Actions pane** for that lab.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/eb22e69b-92a3-4c63-861d-5b53dc9d04c5/Images/Documentation/UT1.png)

1. To configure the **VM Uptime Limit**, scroll down and provide all necessary information, such as:

- **Duration (in Minutes)**: The overall duration of the lab is indicated in minutes.(For example, if your lab lasts 5 days, we need to fill 7200 minutes.)
- **VM Uptime Limit (in Minutes)**: Only active hours' duration is required here.(For example, if your lab is only open for 8 hours each day, you can only limit the uptime of VM to 2400 minutes.)
- **SQL Pool Uptime Limit (in Minutes)**: If your lab has resources for a SQL pool, you can define the SQL pool uptime limit (in minutes) here as well.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/eb22e69b-92a3-4c63-861d-5b53dc9d04c5/Images/Documentation/UT2.png)

### **Sample Image:**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/eb22e69b-92a3-4c63-861d-5b53dc9d04c5/Images/Documentation/UT3.png)

## How to View VM Uptime (Running Hours)?[​](https://learner-docs.cloudlabs.ai/LabRequest/CheckPointSecureAcademy/ManageVMUptime#how-to-view-vm-uptime-running-hours)

You can also monitor the **VM usage (uptime)** and status (running or stopped) and then keep them under control.

i. Open the **Control Panel** as shown in below image.

![](https://learner-docs.cloudlabs.ai/assets/images/CP22-8ad54e5452ece5e901620889259eea97.png)

ii. Click on **VM Usage**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/eb22e69b-92a3-4c63-861d-5b53dc9d04c5/Images/Documentation/CP31.png)

iii. Then, you'll be able to view the **Virtual Machine's Up-time** for all the users.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/eb22e69b-92a3-4c63-861d-5b53dc9d04c5/Images/Documentation/CP32.png)

iv. If, in case you find that VMs are over running than expected, then you can also stop the VMs from the same page.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/eb22e69b-92a3-4c63-861d-5b53dc9d04c5/Images/Documentation/CP33.png)

v. If you want to stop the VM for a particular user, you can also do that on clicking stop in front of the particular user under **VM Usage** actions pane.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/eb22e69b-92a3-4c63-861d-5b53dc9d04c5/Images/Documentation/CA1.png)