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Enum - VirtualMachinePowerState(vim.VirtualMachine.PowerState)

Property of

InvalidPowerState, VirtualMachineRuntimeInfo, VirtualMachineSnapshotTree

Parameter to

CheckMigrate_Task, MigrateVM_Task, ValidateMigration

Since

2.0

Enum Description

The PowerState type defines a simple set of states for a virtual machine: poweredOn, poweredOff, and suspended. This type does not model substates, such as when a task is running to change the virtual machine state. If the virtual machine is in a state with a task in progress, it transitions to a new state when the task completes. For example, a virtual machine continues to be in the poweredOn state while a suspend task is running, and changes to the suspended state once the task finishes.

As a consequence of this approach, clients interested in monitoring the status of a virtual machine should typically track the RecentTask data object in addition to the powerState object.

Enum Constants

Name	Description
poweredOff	The virtual machine is currently powered off.
poweredOn	The virtual machine is currently powered on.
suspended	The virtual machine is currently suspended.

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