Installation Guide

Shut Down and Restart a Virtual Machine on a ESXi server
About This Task
You can shut down and restart a virtual machine through the ESXi server.
Procedure
1. To shut down the virtual machine, right-click the virtual machine listed under Virtual Machines,
select Guest OS > Shut down.
2. To restart the virtual machine, right-click the virtual machine listed under Virtual Machines, select
Guest OS > Restart.
Figure 34: Shut down or restart a virtual appliance through ESXi server
3. You can shut down or restart a virtual machine by directly selecting the Shut down or Restart option
on the ESXi server.
Shut Down and Restart a Virtual Machine
Shut Down and Restart a Virtual Machine on a ESXi
server
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