To enable Automatic Startup for all VMs which name starts with lon-, run the following command: Get-VM –VMname lon-* | Set-VM –AutomaticStartAction Start Display a list of the auto-start action for all VMs on the host: Get-VM –VMname * | Select-Object VMname, AutomaticStartAction Configure Autostart of VM Using PowerCLIĪlso, you can configure the auto-start setting of the VM using PowerCLI. If you have not configured the HA, but it is possible to move VMs between hosts using vMotion, startup settings are migrating to the destination host with VM. And select start/stop delay and stop action.
To enable autostart for all VMs, change the Enabled to Yes. To do this, click the Edit Settings button at the top of the Autostart dialog box. You can configure autostart settings that will be applied to all new virtual machines on the ESXi host. For this feature to work, the guest OS must have VMTools installed, which sends a command to shut down the OS properly.Ĭlick OK to save your changes and close the dialog box. Shutdown - performs a graceful shutdown of VM.VM can be resumed from a sleep state at exactly the same point later on Suspend - the state of the running virtual machine (including memory, swap, CPU instructions) is saved to files on your datastore.This action immediately kills the VM with no graceful stopping services, saving of files or cache This is the equivalent of you physically pulling the power cord out of a physical computer. System Default - the global Stop Action settings are applied to the VM ( from Host > Manage > Autostart).The following Stop Actions are available: After the ESXi VM boots up, go to the next VM immediately as soon as the VM tools send a heartbeat to signal its startup (instead of waiting for a startup delay interval). To do this, the VMWare tools must be installed in the guest OS of the virtual machine. Wait for heartbeat - if enabled, the power-up sequence continues after the first heartbeat is received from the virtual machine.
Use the opportunities of VMware Tools that you need to pre-install in the guest operating system. Stop Action - for each VM available 4 shutdown actions: System default, Shut Down, Suspend, or Power off.If the virtual machine does not shut down within the specified delay time, a hard shutdown command is sent to the virtual machine Shutdown delay - specifies the time delay before shutdown of each virtual machine (by default it’s 120 seconds).
This delay allows you to wait for booting of custom services and scripts execution After the ESXi host powers up the first VM, the host waits for the specified delay time and then powers up the next virtual machine. Startup delay - how many seconds VMs wait before powering on (by default it’s 120 seconds).There are common options for startup and shutdown behavior: In the Configure Autostart window, the following options are available to fine tune the automatic VM startup. You can configure other parameters of VM autostart by clicking the Configure button. For example, the domain controller should be booted first, then Exchange servers or you should start the application’ server only after booting MSSQL VM, etc. When configuring autostart for virtual machines, the ESXi host administrator must properly configure the boot order.