As with physical computers, you should shut down a guest operating system before you power off a virtual machine.
Procedure
- To shut down the guest operating system, shut down the operating system as you would if you were using a physical machine.
When the guest operating system shuts down, the virtual machine is powered off and
Workstation Player exits.
- To power off a virtual machine without shutting down the guest operating system, select .
If soft power operations are configured for the virtual machine in
Workstation Player,
Power Off Guest appears in the menu instead of
Power Off.