Re: Soft Power Down via vmtools

[Marcelo V. <mv...@vm...>]

On 09/08/2010 03:07 PM, Bill Rees wrote:
> Is there a description of how vmtools power control works?  For instance, how
> does the power button signal trigger the poweroff-vm-default script?

There isn't a formal spec that I know of, but from the tools side, all action
regarding power scripts happens in the powerOps plugin (source in
open-vm-tools/services/plugins/powerOps).

The host has to explicitly send a "power op request" to tools for the scripts to
run. On Workstation, that would be the "Shut Down Guest" command (while "Power
Off" is like pulling the power cord).

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- Marcelo