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3 On the VM Options tab, expand VMware Tools.
4
Select an option for the virtual machine Power  ( ) control from the drop-down menu.
Option Description
Power Off
Immediately stops the virtual machine. A Power O action shuts down the
guest operating system or powers o the virtual machine. A message
indicates that the guest operating system might not shut down properly.
Use this power o option only when necessary.
Shut Down Guest
Uses VMware Tools to initiate an orderly system shut down of the virtual
machine. Soft power operations are possible only if the tools are installed
in the guest operating system.
Default
Follows system seings. The current value of the system seings appears
in parentheses.
5
Select an option for the Suspend ( ) control from the drop-down menu.
Option Description
Suspend
Pauses all virtual machine activity. When VMware Tools is installed and
available, a suspend action runs a script and suspends the virtual machine.
If VMware Tools is not installed, a Suspend action suspends the virtual
machine without running a script.
Default
Follows system seings. The current value of the system seings appears
in parentheses.
6
Select an option for the Reset (
) control from the drop-down menu.
Option Description
Reset
Shuts down and restarts the guest operating system without powering o
the virtual machine. If VMware Tools is not installed, a Reset action resets
the virtual machine.
Restart Guest
Uses VMware Tools to initiate an orderly restart. Soft power operations are
possible only if the tools are installed in the guest operating system.
Default
Follows system seings. The current value of the system seings appears
in parentheses.
7 Click Save.
Edit the Configuration File Parameters in the VMware Host Client
To x certain problems with your system, VMware documentation or a VMware Technical Support
representative might instruct you to change or add virtual machine conguration parameters.
I Changing or adding parameters when a system does not have problems might lead to
decreased system performance and instability.
The following conditions apply:
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To change a parameter, you must change the existing value for the keyword/value pair. For example, if
the existing pair is keyword/value, and you change it to keyword/value2, the new keyword is value2.
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