With the power management workflows, you can power on and off virtual machines, reboot the guest operating system of a virtual machine, suspend a virtual machine, and others.
To access these workflows, navigate to and enter the vcenter, virtual_machine_management and power_management tags in the workflow search box.
| Workflow Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Power off virtual machine and wait | Powers off a virtual machine and waits for the process to complete. |
| Reboot guest OS | Reboots the guest operating system of the virtual machine. Does not reset nonpersistent virtual machines. VMware Tools must be running. |
| Reset virtual machine and wait | Resets a virtual machine and waits for the process to complete. |
| Resume virtual machine and wait | Resumes a suspended virtual machine and waits for the process to complete. |
| Set guest OS to standby mode | Sets the guest operating system to standby mode. VMware Tools must be running. |
| Shut down and delete virtual machine | Shuts down a virtual machine and deletes it from the inventory and disk. |
| Shut down guest OS and wait | Shuts down a guest operating system and waits for the process to complete. |
| Start virtual machine and wait | Starts a virtual machine and waits for VMware Tools to start. |
| Suspend virtual machine and wait | Suspends a virtual machine and waits for the process to complete. |
