Changing Power State Options

Power state options allow you to define actions that occur in various virtual machine power states. You must power off the virtual machine before you can make any changes.

To change power state options

1. On the Summary tab, in the Commands section, click Configure Options.
2. Click Power.
3. Choose the shutdown option for the virtual machine when the server is shut down.

   At system shutdown, settings for shutting down virtual machines include power off the virtual machine and shut down the guest operating system. By default, all virtual machines are powered off when the system shuts down. When VMware Tools is running, the virtual machine shuts down the guest operating system by default.

4. Choose the reboot option for the virtual machine when the server is shut down.

   At system shutdown, settings for rebooting virtual machines include reset the virtual machine and restart the guest operating system. By default, all virtual machines are rebooted when the system shuts down. When VMware Tools is running, the virtual machine restarts the guest operating system by default.

5. Choose to run a VMware Tools script, either After resuming or Before suspending.