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