I hit the similar issue as described in #44 in Canonical Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04 when check in ESXi6.0 GA, ESXi 6.5GA, ESXi 6.6.
Issue description: Reached the end of the full installation, and got the "Installation complete - you need to restart" dialogue. Clicked to restart and the VM froze with the dialogue -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1447038 Title: Shutdown/Restart of live session guest does not work in Virtualbox, and VMWare To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1447038/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs