Shut Down and Restart a Virtual Machine

About this task

You need to shut down a virtual machine before configuring it to gain more networking performance. The following task will outline the various ways through which you can shut down and reboot a virtual machine.

For information on how to access the Basic Configuration Wizard, see Access the Virtual Appliance Console.

To shut down and reboot the virtual machine using the Command Line Interface (CLI) in the Basic Configuration Wizard:

Procedure

  1. Type shutdown halt and press Enter in the Basic Configuration Wizard.
    The virtual machine shuts down.
  2. To reboot the virtual machine, type shutdown reboot and press Enter.
    The virtual machine restarts.