Power Management
Workflows
With the power
management workflows, you can power on and off virtual machines, reboot the
guest operating system of a virtual machine, suspend a virtual machine, and
others.
To access these workflows, navigate to
and enter the
vcenter
,
virtual_machine_management
and
power_management
tags in the workflow search box.Workflow Name | Description |
|---|---|
Power off virtual machine and wait | Powers off a virtual machine and waits for the process to complete. |
Reboot guest OS | Reboots the guest operating system of the virtual machine. Does not reset nonpersistent
virtual machines. VMware
Tools must be running. |
Reset virtual machine and wait | Resets a virtual machine and waits for the process to complete. |
Resume virtual machine and wait | Resumes a suspended virtual machine and waits for the process to complete. |
Set guest OS to standby mode | Sets the guest operating system to standby mode. VMware
Tools must be running. |
Shut down and delete virtual machine | Shuts down a virtual machine and deletes it from the inventory and disk. |
Shut down guest OS and wait | Shuts down a guest operating system and waits for the process to complete. |
Start virtual machine and wait | Starts a virtual machine and waits for VMware
Tools to start. |
Suspend virtual machine and wait | Suspends a virtual machine and waits for the process to complete. |