ESXi 6 - Start a VM at a specific time

[TDA90]

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

[brunofernandez1]

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...

[dhanarajramesh]

if you are using vcenter, then you may use Change the power state of a virtual machine option in  schedule tasks. 

[vXav]

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.

[TDA90]

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...

[brunofernandez1 · Accepted solution]

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