Specifications

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Chapter 11 Managing Virtual Machines
Thefollowingpoweroptionsperformextrafunctionsinadditiontothebasicvirtual
machinepoweroperations.VMwareToolsmustbeinstalledinthevirtualmachineto
performthesefunctions:
 Shutdownguest–Shutsdowntheguestoperatingsystemgracefully.
 Standbyguest–SuspendstheguestoperatingsystemandrunVMwaretools
suspendscripts.
 Restartguest–Shutsdownandrestartstheguestoperatingsystemwithout
poweringoffthevirtualmachine.
Toolbarpowerbuttonsperformasfollows:
 Poweroff–Powersoffthevirtualmachine.Apoweroffoperationdisplaysa
confirmationdialogboxindicatingthattheguestoperatingsystemmightnotshut
downproperly.
 Poweron–Powersonavirtualmachinewhenavirtualmachineisstopped,or
resumesthevirtualmachineandrunsascriptwhenitissuspendedandVMware
Toolsisinstalledandavailable.Resumesthevirtualmachineanddoesnotruna
scriptwhenVMwareToolsisnotinstalled.
 Suspend–SuspendsthevirtualmachinewithoutrunningascriptwhenVMware
Toolsisnotinstalled,orrunsascript,andsuspendsthevirtualmachinewhen
VMwareToolsisinstalledandavailable.
 Reset–ResetsthevirtualmachinewhenVMwareToolsisnotinstalled,and
restartstheguestoperatingsystemwhenVMwareToolsisinstalledandavailable.
Aresetoperationdisplaysaconfirmationdialogboxindicatingthattheguest
operatingsystemisnotshutdownproperly.
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OTEThespecificformofthepowerstateactioncanbemodifiedtoincludeguest
operatingsystemshutdownsornotandtoincluderunningscriptsornot.To
configurepoweroperationsettingschoosehost>Configuration>Virtual
Machinestartup/shutdown.