Shut down a VM guest OS - vCenter and SCVMM

To shut down the guest operating system of the VM, the guest tools must be installed on the VM. For more information on guest tools, see the virtualization vendor’s documentation.

1. In the SA Client, select the Virtualization tab to display your virtualization inventory.
2. Navigate to the VMs you want to shut down.
3. Select the desired VMs and right-click or select the Actions menu. Select VM Power > Shut down guest to display the Run Power Control window.
4. Run Power Control: Verify the VM you want to shut down, then select Next. Or you can select Start Job to accept the remaining defaults and run the job.
5. Scheduling: Select when you want the shut down job to run, then select Next.
6. Notifications: Optionally enter a notifier, then select Next.
7. Job Status: Select the Start Job or Schedule Job. This runs the job or schedules it to be run in the future and displays the Job ID number in the window banner. You can use the Job ID number to look up the job under the Jobs and Sessions tab.

   When the job runs, it shuts down the VM operating system and displays the results.

Use Power On to restart a VM that has been shut down. For more information, see Power on/off a VM - vCenter and SCVMM .