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Power Operations for Individual Members of a Team
Power operations for one virtual machine in a team are performed from the VM menu:
  • Power On—refer to Starting a Virtual Machine for a description. This command emulates what happens when you turn on power to a hardware PC.
  • Power Off—refer to Shutting Down a Virtual Machine for a description. This command emulates what happens when you turn off power to a hardware PC.
  • Caution: If a virtual machine is writing to disk when it receives a Power Off command, data corruption may occur. See Shutting Down a Virtual Machine for more information.
  • Suspend (Resume)—refer to Suspending and Resuming Virtual Machines for a description.
  • Reset—refer to Resetting a Virtual Machine for a description. This command emulates pressing the hardware reset button on a hardware PC.
  • Caution: If a virtual machine is writing to disk when it receives a reset command, data corruption may occur. See Resetting a Virtual Machine for more information.
  • Shut Down Guest—This command sends shut down signal to the guest operating system. Some guest operating systems do not respond to this command.
  • Suspend after running script—This command prompts you for a script to execute before suspending the guest operating system. Refer to Command Line Reference for information about scripts.
  • Resume and run script—This command prompts you for a script to execute after resuming the guest operating system. Refer to Command Line Reference for information about scripts.
  • Power on and run script—This command prompts you for a script to execute after powering on the guest operating system. Refer to Command Line Reference for information about scripts.
  • Restart Guest—This command sends a restart signal to the guest operating system. Some guest operating systems do not respond to this command.

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