Performing Guest State Management in VMware

The Guest Overview dashboard includes links to change the state of the virtual machine, which is useful when preparing to take a snapshot, or when performing remedial work. For example, you can suspend or power off a guest machine while you change its configuration, and restart the machine for changes to take effect.

1. In Service Center, click Status > Service Modules.
2. Click the VMware link.
3. In the Multi-Site Summary table, click a site name.
4. Scroll down to the Hosts Summary table.
5. Click a host machine name.
6. Scroll down to the Guest Summary table.
7. Click a guest machine name.
8. In the Guest State Management area, click one of the following links:
   • Power On
   • Suspend
   • Reset
   • Power Off
   • Shut Down
   • Restart