Power on and off VM

[Guv]

I am writing some scripts to power off a VM and to power on VM's. Can someone please tell me what commands i use to power on a VM and to power off a VM, if that is possible.

Thanks

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Depends if you have VMware tools running.

1) WIthout tools

Get-VM <yourVM> | Stop-VM

2) With tools

Get-VM <yourVM> | Shutdown-VMGuest

The 2nd method lets the OS do the shutdown.

The first method is cutting the power.

For the power on you can use

Get-VM <yourVM> | Start-VM

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