Specifications

Basic System Administration
172 VMware, Inc.
Understanding Transitional Power States
Actionstakenonavirtualmachinerequirethatthevirtualmachinebeinspecificpower
states.Wheneverapoweroperationisperformedonavirtualmachine,thevirtual
machinepowerstatechangesandallothercommandsarelockedoutuntilthefirst
commandiscompleted.
Thefigurebelowillustratesstates,transitions,
andstate‐changingcommandsfor
virtualmachines.
Figure 11-1. Virtual Machine Power State Changes
Manually Powering a Virtual Machine On and Off
Beforechanginganypowerstateonavirtualmachine,youmusthaveaddedthevirtual
machinetoyourVMwareInfrastructureenvironment.See“A d d i n g andRemoving
VirtualMachines”onpage 175.
To manually change the power state of a virtual machine
1ClicktheInventorybuttoninthenavigationbar.
2 Expandtheinventoryasneeded,andselectavirtualmachine.
3Usethepowerstatebuttons
inthetoolbar,orright‐clickonthevirtualmachineand
selectanpowerstateoption
suspendresume
powered off
powered on
suspended
power on power off
remove
state
command
NOTEPowerOffisliketurningofftheelectricitytoaphysicalmachineandalways
shutsdownthevirtualmachine.ShutDownGuestattemptstogracefullyshutdown
thevirtualmachine.