Can a Windows Event Log entry be generated when a guest is shut down?

Hi,

If a Windows 7 guest is shut down (e.g. using Task manager to run shutdown.exe in Win7), is there a way that the VMware Workstation host (Win8) can sense that the VM has shutdown?

Here's the scenario:

The Win7 guest does a daily backup at the end of the day.

The 3rd party Win7 backup software (running in the VM) is able to shut down Win7 after the backup has completed.

I would like the Win8 host to sense that the Win7 VM has shut down, so that I can have the Win8 host automatically shutdown. If there's a way to generate an Event Log entry in Win8, I could trigger the Win8 host shutdown based on that Event.

Is this possible?

Thanks