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In addition, the guest service can synchronize the date and time between the guest
and console operating systems in response to various system events — for example,
when you resume from disk. You can disable this in the configuration file by setting
time.synchronize.resume.disk = FALSE
Shutting Down and Restarting a Virtual Machine
ESX Server can signal the guest service to shut down or restart a virtual machine. After
the guest service receives a request to shut down or restart, it sends an
acknowledgment back to ESX Server.
You can send these requests from the VMware Management Interface or the console
operating system’s command line.
Whether it is possible to shut down or restart a virtual machine depends on the state
of the virtual machine.
Shutting Down or Restarting a Virtual Machine from the VMware Management
Interface
You can click to shut down or to restart a virtual machine from the VMware
Management Interface. These operations are also available from the menu that
appears when you hold your mouse over the terminal icon ( ). After you select one
of these operations, you should click to the Event Log page for this virtual machine to
respond to any messages that require a response.
Shutting down is the equivalent of using the guest operating system’s shut down
command, then turning off power to the virtual machine. Restarting is the equivalent
of using the guest operating system’s restart command.
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