Hello Everyone,
I wanted to know if it's possible to configure a VM on ESXi to power on at a specific time.
Request of an user is that the VM will shutdown automatically at 10PM, and boot up at 6PM.
It's possible?
Thanks for helping
the option that was recommended from the other guys you need a vCenter Server....as I unterstand you are working with standalone esxi server...
so have to do it with Powershell or Cronjobs
I would do this with Powercli and a scheduled task on a windows machine.
you could also create a cron job on the esxi server....but I would recommend to use powercli...there are quite more examples to start and shutdown vms out there...
if you are using vcenter, then you may use Change the power state of a virtual machine option in schedule tasks.
dhanarajrameshdhanarajramesh said it, that's the way to go indeed.
Go in the manage tab of your VM > Scheduled task > Schedule a new task > Power On
Add your scheduling options, you can even set an email alert and that's you.
From the web client?
I've installed the webconsole (it was not built in : ESXi Embedded Host Client )
But I cannot find the option for the VM...
the option that was recommended from the other guys you need a vCenter Server....as I unterstand you are working with standalone esxi server...
so have to do it with Powershell or Cronjobs