power off the virtual machine in an ESXi host CLI
Using the ESXi esxcli command to power off a virtual machine
The
esxcli command can be used locally or remotely to power off a virtual machine running on ESXi 5.x or later. For more information, see the esxcli vm Commands section in the vSphere Command-Line Interface Reference.- Open a console session where the
esxclitool is available, either in the ESXi Shell, the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA), or the location where the vSphere Command-Line Interface (vCLI) is installed. - Get a list of running virtual machines, identified by World ID, UUID, Display Name, and path to the
.vmxconfiguration file by running this command:esxcli vm process list - Power off the virtual machine from the list by running this command:
esxcli vm process kill --type= [soft,hard,force] --world-id= WorldNumber
Notes:- Three power-off methods are available. Soft is the most graceful, hard performs an immediate shutdown, and force should be used as a last resort.
- alternate power off command syntax is: esxcli vm process kill -t [ soft,hard,force] -w WorldNumber
- Repeat Step 2 and validate that the virtual machine is no longer running.
For ESXi 4.1:
- Get a list of running virtual machines, identified by World ID, UUID, Display Name, and path to the .vmx configuration file by running this command:
esxcli vms vm list - Power off the virtual machine from the list by running this command:
esxcli vms vm kill --type= [soft,hard,force] --world-id= WorldNumber
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