Specifications

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Thischapterdescribesvirtualmachinetasks,includingaddingandremovingvirtual
machinesandpoweringvirtualmachinesonandoff.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
 “ChangingVirtualMachinePowerStates”onpage 169
 “A d d i n g andRemovingVirtualMachines”onpage 175
 “StartingandShuttingDownVirtualMachines”onpage 177
Changing Virtual Machine Power States
Thepowerstateofavirtualmachineindicateswhetherthevirtualmachineisactiveand
functional.Therearethreebasicstates:on,off,andsuspend.Toachievetheonstate,
youcanpoweronthemachine,resetthemachine,orresumeactivityfromasuspended
state.Toachievetheoffstate,
youcanpoweroffthemachineorsuspendallvirtual
machineactivity.Eachvirtualmachinepowerstatechangehasadifferenteffectonthe
guestoperatingsysteminthevirtualmachine.
Managing Virtual Machines
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NOTETheviewsandcapabilitiesdisplayedvarydependingonwhethertheVIClient
isconnectedtoaVirtualCenterServeroranESXServerhost.Unlessindicated,the
process,task,ordescriptionappliestobothkindsofVIClientconnections.