How to Reboot a VM (File System Locks)

Occasionally servers will be locked down and we will need to kick them with a hard reboot.

In the dev/staging environment, we can reboot VMs from this template in Tower.

In the production environment, we must log into vSphere, following these steps:

Open a VPN connection
Using your preferred RDP Client (Microsoft ships a good one) connect to lib-staff998 and authenticate using your Active Directory netid and password
On the resulting Desktop is a shortcut to the VMWare VCenter Application - Credentials are on lastpass - (search for VSphereKickerAccount)
- Clicking on this link will lead you to a URL only accessible from this VM that says This site is not secure (accept the risk)
Search for the VM you are trying to fix, then restart it or otherwise correct the mistake
- To restart a VM Select Actions --> Power Off
- Then wait for the VM to power off. Then Select Power On
Log out of lib-staff998 - this is a shared machine so this step is also important.

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