You can shutdown and start your platform, collector, or cluster VMs in VMware Aria Operations for Networks.

Option Description
Shutdown and start a single platform or a collector VM
  1. Shutdown the Platform or the Collector VM using the Shut Down Guest OS option.
    Note: Do not use the Power Off option.
  2. Power On the Platform or the Collector VM.
Shutdown and start a cluster setup
  1. Shutdown the Platform VM using the Shut Down Guest OS option in the reverse chronological order. For example: Shut down from Node 3 to Node 1.
    Note: Do not use the Power Off option.

    After you shut down each Platform node, you must wait for 2 minutes for the services to stabilize to run the Platform nodes.

  2. Power On the Platform VMs in the chronological order. For example: Restart from Node 1 to Node 3.

    After you power on each Platform node, you must wait for 2 minutes for the services to stabilize to run the Platform nodes.