To shut down VM # vmware-cmd /path/to/config/file.vmx stop soft or # vmware-cmd /path/to/config/file.vmx stop hard
if you get a 1 in the responce then it is shut down. service mgmt-vmware restart to have it reflected in VC -----Original Message----- From: Michael Leone [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: can't power off a VM on ESX 3.5 On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:58 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > Or alternatively, is a snapshot being removed/still open? No snapshot. At least, I didn't tell it to take a snapshot, and there's nothing that schedules snapshots. I'm not trying to shut down the ESX server, just one of the VMs. I can SSH directly to that ESX server, but what would I do once I got there? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
