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VMware ESX Server Administration Guide
virtual machine may be adversely affected. Clicking the Reset button on the
toolbar resets the virtual machine.
• Restart Guest Operating System — gracefully restarts the virtual machine. If
there is a script associated with shutting down the guest operating system, it
executes after the guest operating system restarts. This is the same as choosing
Start > Shut Down > Restart in a Windows operating system or issuing a
reboot command in a Linux operating system.
VMware Tools Settings
The following description of the settings for VMware Tools is based on a Windows
2000 guest operating system. Similar configuration options are available in VMware
Tools for other guest operating systems.
To open the VMware Tools control panel, double-click the VMware Tools icon in the
virtual machine’s system tray. The VMware Tools Properties dialog box appears.
Setting Options with VMware Tools
You can specify time synchronization and the display of the VMware Tools icon in the
Options tab.
• Time synchronization — You can specify whether you want to synchronize the
time in the guest operating system with the time in the service console.
Note: You can synchronize the time in the guest operating system with the
time in the service console only when the time in the guest is earlier than the
time in the service console.