You can start up, shut down, suspend, pause, resume, restart, and reset your virtual machines. You can send power commands to either the guest operating system or the virtual machine.
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Open an Existing Virtual Machine Virtual Machine Library window or from the applications menu. Browse for a Virtual Machine Open a Virtual Machine From the Finder Start a Virtual Machine's Operating System Open a Virtual Machine Without Powering On Shut Down a Virtual Machine's Operating System Suspend and Resume a Virtual Machine in Fusion Fusion in the interim. Cancel a Resume Command Fusion is restoring the virtual machine state. Power on a Virtual Machine to Firmware in Fusion Pro Fusion Pro , you can power on or restart a virtual machine to firmware. Pause a Virtual Machine Restart a Virtual Machine Reset a Virtual Machine Fusion command to reset a virtual machine, much as you would press the reset button on a physical computer when it becomes unresponsive. Uninstall a Virtual Machine by Using the Finder Uninstall a Virtual Machine by Using the Virtual Machine Library Configure SSH Login on a Linux Virtual Machine VMware Fusion , when a Linux virtual machine has an SSH service enabled, you can configure quick SSH login to the virtual machine. The configuration enables SSH login from the Mac host to a Linux virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library. The virtual machine can be running on the Mac host or on a remote server running VMware Workstation Pro , VMware ESXi, or VMware vCenter Server. Edit or Delete the SSH Login Configuration for a Linux Virtual Machine Send the Ctrl-Alt-Delete Command to a Virtual Machine Fusion command to send the Ctrl-Alt-Delete keystroke combination to a Windows virtual machine. Send Special Key Commands to a Windows or Linux Virtual Machine Special Key Commands Switch Power Commands from the Default Options Fusion power command options that appear in the Virtual Machine drop-down menu and the applications menus, from the default option. Options for Fusion Power Commands
