Specifications

Basic System Administration
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Therearealsoseveralaccesspointsformakingchangestothesepowerstates.Youcan
changeapowerstatechangeby:
 SelectingthevirtualmachineandthepoweroptionfromtheInventory>Virtual
Machinemenu.
 SelectingPoweronfromtheCommandsarea.
 Selectingthepoweroptionfromthepop‐upmenu.
 SchedulingapowerstatechangethroughtheScheduledTasksbuttoninthe
navigationbar.
Thepowerstatetopicsarecoveredinthefollowingsections:
 “UnderstandingVirtualMachinePowerStates”onpage 170
 “UnderstandingTransitionalPowerStates”onpage 172
 “ManuallyPoweringaVirtualMachineOnandOff”onpage 172
 “UsingSuspendandResume”onpage 173
 “SchedulingaPowerStateChangeforaVirtualMachine”onpage 174
Understanding Virtual Machine Power States
Thebasicpowerstateoptionsinclude:
 Poweron–Powersonthevirtualmachineandbootstheguestoperatingsystemif
theguestoperatingsystemisinstalled.
 Poweroff–Powersoffthevirtualmachine.Thevirtualmachinedoesnotattempt
toshutdowntheguestoperatingsystemgracefully.
 Suspend–Pausesthevirtualmachineactivity.Alltransactionsarefrozenuntilyou
issuearesumecommand.
 Resume–AllowsvirtualmachineactivitytocontinueandreleasestheSuspended
state.
 Reset–Shutsdowntheguestoperatingsystemandrestartsit.Thisoperation
dependsontheoperatingsystembeingshutdown.Ifshutdownisnotautomatic
forthatoperatingsystem,VMwareToolsmustbeinstalled.