ESXi 4 - Autostarting VMs

[jasonvp]

Hey folks -

I couldn't find an ESXi 4 discussion forum. If there is one here on the VMWare community site, could you point me to it?

Anyway, I've got ESXi 4 running with 4 VMs configured. I can't seem to get the VMs to auto-start when the hypervisor boots. I have the config bit set to "start and stop VMs with system", but that doesn't appear to do anything. I've included a couple of PNGs from vSphere. Is there another bit I'm missing?

Thanks!

jas

[Troy_Clavell]

move the guests in question up to Automatic Startup and see if that helps.

[jasonvp]

Thanks for the answer. I actually tried that, but the VMs aren't movable. I click on them and try to drag them, but they're anchored down. Grrr.

jas

[Troy_Clavell · Accepted solution]

you clicked on edit in the top right hand corner, then highlighted the VM and then the "move up" button?

[jasonvp]

Well hot damn. I didn't realize "Move Up" would move them into the next section, I figured it was just to move them around within their existing section. Worked like a charm.

Thanks!

jas