Specifications

Administration Guide
90 VMware, Inc.
3Click!Edit.!
The!Edit!Options!dialog!box!appears.
For!fastest!suspend!and!restore!operations,!select!the!appropriate!VMFS!volume!
from!the!Suspend!File!Location!list.!ESX!Server!adds!a!suffix!to!the!name!of!the!
suspended!state!file!to!ensure!that!one!virtual!machine!does!not!overwrite!the!
suspended!state!file
!of!another.
4Click!OK!to!save!your!changes.
Enabling Repeatable Resume
When!you!click!the!Suspend!button!to!suspend!a!virtual!machine,!ESX!Server!writes!a!
file!with!a!.vmss!extension!that!contains!the!entire!state!of!the!virtual!machine.!When!
the!virtual!machine!is!resumed,!its!state!is!restored!from!the!.vmss!file.!The!.vmss!file!
is!modified!while!the!virtual
!machine!is!running.!In!normal!operation,!the!.vmss!file!
cannot!be!used!to!resume!a!virtual!machine!from!the!original!suspended!state.
You!can!use!repeatable!resume!to!resume!a!virtual!machine!in!the!same!state!
repeatedly.!For!example,!you!can!have!a!hot‐standby!virtual!machine!in!a!particular!
state
!so!that!it!is!ready!to!take!over!for!a!failed!server.
To prepare a hot-standby virtual machine
1Shut!down!and!power!off!the!virtual!machine.!
2In!the!management!interface,!open!the!virtual!machine!menu.!
3Click!the!arrow!next!to!the!terminal!icon!(!!)!and!select!Configure!Hardware!to!
display!the!Hardware!tab.