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Chapter 4 Using the VMware Remote Console
Running a Virtual Machine Using the Remote Console
When!you!view!your!virtual!machine!through!a!remote!console,!it!behaves!much!like!a!
separate!computer!that!runs!in!a!window!on!your!computer’s!desktop.!
Instead!of!using!physical!buttons!to!turn!this!computer!on!and!off,!use!buttons!located!
at!the!top!of!the!VMware!console!window.!You!can
!also!reset!the!virtual!machine,!
suspend!a!virtual!machine,!and!resume!a!suspended!virtual!machine.
Figure 4-1. Virtual machine is powered off
Figure 4-2. Virtual machine is powered on
Figure 4-3. Virtual machine is suspended
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Special Power Options for Virtual Machines
When!VMware!Tools!is!running,!you!can!configure!scripts!to!run!whenever!the!power!
state!of!a!virtual!machine!is!changed.!That!is,!when!you!power!on,!power!off,!suspend,!
or!resume!the!virtual!machine.!See!“Executing!Scripts!When!the!Virtual!Machine’s!
Power!State!Changes”!on!page 71.
When!you!reset!a!
virtual!machine,!you!can!restart!the!guest!operating!system,!which!
gracefully!closes!applications!and!restarts!the!guest!operating!system,!or!reset!the!
virtual!machine,!which!is!the!same!as!pressing!the!reset!button!on!a!physical!computer.!
NOTE Figure 4‐1!–!Figure 4‐3!show!the!toolbar!from!a!remote!console!running!on!a!Windows!
management!workstation.!If!you!are!running!the!remote!console!on!a!Linux!
management!workstation,!the!appearance!of!the!toolbar!is!different,!but!the!same!
functions!are!available.!