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→Controlling Virtual Machine Power States with vmrun
The power states of virtual machines can be controlled either locally or remotely using the ''vmrun'' tool. The commands associated with these tasks are as follows:
* '''start''' - Powers on the specified virtual machine. The virtual machine may started either with a GUI console visible, or no console using the ''gui'' and ''nogui'' options.
* '''stop'''' - Powers off the specified virtual machine. The power off process can be specified as ''hard'' or ''soft''.
* '''reset''' - Reboots the specified virtual machine. The reboot process can be specified as ''hard'' or ''soft''.
* '''pauseSuspend''' - Pauses the specified Suspends a virtual machineallowing fast restart via the '''start''' command. The suspend process can be specified as ''hard'' or ''soft''.
* '''pause''' - Pauses the specified virtual machine. * '''unpause''' - Unpauses a paused virtual machine.
For example, to start a specific virtual machine residing on host named ''vmhost'':
