Automatic Startup of Virtual Machines in VMWare ESX
To start up your virtual machines automatically when a VMWave ESX server powers up you will need to log into your VMWare Infrastructure Client and then: Select the VMWare ESX server -> Configuration -> Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown as circled below.
Then click on Properties towards the top right of the window.
Tick the “Allow virtual machines to start and stop automatically with the system”. All your VM’s should be set to Manual startup initially, you will need to select them one by one and click the “Move Up” button. I like to order my VM’s with a statup delay to allow time for the Domain Controllers to finish starting up before the Exchange and File & Print servers.
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Uncategorized | Wayne | 
January 10, 2010 8:35 am