Troubleshooting Failed Shut Down VM Action Status

A shutdown VM action task has a
Failed
status in the Recent Task list.
The Shut Down VM action did not run successfully.
The Recent Tasks list indicates that a Shut Down VM action has a task status of
Failed
. When you evaluate the Messages list for the selected job, you see
Failure: Shut down confirmation timeout
.
The shutdown process involves shutting down the guest operating system and powering off the virtual machine. The wait time is 120 seconds to shut down the guest operating system. If the guest operating system does not shut down in this time, the action fails because the shutdown action is not confirmed.
  1. To determine why the guest operating system did not shut down in the allotted time, check its status in
    vCenter Server
    .