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Ifyoutakeasnapshotwhenthevirtualmachineispaused,thevirtualmachineis
notpausedwhenyourestorethatsnapshot.Similarly,ifyoususpendavirtual
machinewhileitispaused,itisnotpausedwhenyouresumethevirtualmachine.
Ifyouinitiatesoftpoweroperationswhenavirtualmachineispaused,those
operationsdonottakeeffectuntilthevirtualmachineisunpaused.
Whileavirtualmachineispaused,LEDsanddevicesremainenabled,butdevice
connectionchangesdonottakeeffectuntilthevirtualmachineisunpaused.
Pause and Unpause a Virtual Machine
Youcanpauseavirtualmachinemultipletimesrangingfromafewsecondstoseveral
minutes.Beforeyoubegin,makesureyoureadthefeaturelimitations.Formore
information,see“PauseFeatureLimitations”onpage 154.
To pause and unpause a virtual machine
SelectVM>Pausetopausethevirtualmachine.
Thevirtualmachinedisplaydimsandaplaybuttonappearsoverthedisplay.
Clicktheplaybuttononthevirtualmachinedisplay,ordeselectVM>Pauseto
unpausethevirtualmachine.
Encrypting a Virtual Machine
Youcansecureavirtualmachinefromunauthorizedusebyencryptingitandassigning
apasswordtoit.Afterthevirtualmachineisencrypted,youmustenterthepassword
toopentheencryptedvirtualmachine,ortoremoveencryptionfromit.
InthevirtualmachinesummarytabandinFavorites,encryptedvirtualmach
inesare
displ
ayedwithalockiconuntilyouenterthepasswordtoopenthevirtualmachine.
Encryptionappliestoallsnapshotsinavirtualmachine.Ifyourestoreasnapshotinan
encryptedvirtualmachine,thevirtualmachineremainsencrypted,whetherornotit
wasencryptedwhenthesnapshotwastaken.Ifyo
uchan
gethepasswordforan
encryptedvirtualmachine,thenewpasswordappliestoanysnapshotyourestore,
regardlessofthepasswordineffectwhenthesnapshotwastaken.
CAUTIONBesuretorecordthepasswordyouassigntoanencryptedvirtualmachine.
Toensurethesecurityofencryptedvirtualmachines,Workstationdoesnotprovidea
waytoretrieveapassword.
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