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Option Action
Default Shutdown Delay
Select the amount of time to delay shutdown for each virtual machine.
The shutdown delay applies only if the virtual machine does not shut
down before the delay period elapses. If the virtual machine shuts down
before the delay time is reached, the next virtual machine starts shutting
down.
Shutdown Action
Select a shutdown option from the drop-down menu.
n
Power Off
n
Suspend
n
Guest Shutdown
Move Up and Move Down
Select a virtual machine in the Manual Startup category and use the Move
Up button to move it up to Automatic Startup or Any Oder.
When virtual machines are in the Automatic Startup category, you can use
Move Up and Move Down to order them so that they start in a preferred
sequence. During shutdown, the virtual machines are stopped in the
opposite order.
Edit
Click Edit to configure user-specified autostartup and shutdown behavior
for virtual machines in the Automatic Startup or Any Order category.
5 Click OK to close the dialog box and save your settings.
Open a Console to a Virtual Machine
With the vSphere Client, you can access a virtual machine's desktop by launching a console to the virtual
machine. From the console, you can perform activities within the virtual machine such as configure
operating system settings, run applications, monitor performance, and so on.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client inventory, select the virtual machine and click the Summary tab.
2 In the Commands section, select Open Console.
3 Click anywhere inside the console window to enable your mouse, keyboard, and other input devices to
work in the console.
Adding and Removing Virtual Machines
You add virtual machines to the vCenter Server inventory through their managed hosts. You can remove
virtual machines from vCenter Server, from their managed host’s storage, or from both.
Remove Virtual Machines from a Host
Removing a virtual machine from the inventory unregisters it from the host, but does not delete it from the
datastore. Virtual machine files remain at the same storage location and the virtual machine can be re-
registered by using the datastore browser.
Prerequisites
Power off the virtual machine.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client inventory, right-click the virtual machine and select Remove from Inventory.
2 To confirm that you want to remove the virtual machine from the inventory, click Yes.
The host removes references to the virtual machine and no longer tracks its condition.
vSphere Administration with the vSphere Client
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