Virtual Machine Automatic Startup Failure

[LyleMagdalinski]

Hi,

Is there a log file in VC or ESX that may indicate why a VM that was configured to auto-start when the physical host starts did not do so?

Of 15 VMs hosted on this particular ESX server, only one failed to auto-start. Linux guest.

ESX is 3.0.2 Build 52542. VC 2.0.2 Build 62327.

TIA.

[henrydenhengst]

Do you have a supported Linux Guest OS, such as RedHat or SuSE?

And, did you install the VMtools on that guest OS?

[LyleMagdalinski]

The guest is RHEL4. Tools were installed, although the server has been patched since the original tools install, so they are now showing out-of-date.

I have asked the Linux admin to update those tools.