Automate VMWARE startup after server reboot

[ramon82]

Hi all

As title suggests, I wish to know if there is any way how I could force VMWARE Workstation to start automatically (including some of the VMs) after the server is rebooted. This is how everything is installed

HOST SERVER (Win2008 R2 x64)

     VMWARE Workstation trial

          Win2k3 VM (bridged networking)

          Win2k VM (bridged networking)

At the moment I am evaulating the package as per attached snapshot.

Thanks for your help

Ramon

[idle-jam]

Welcome to the community.

Check this tutorial out:

http://blog.gr80.net/post/autostart-vmware-workstation-machines-automatically-upon-windows-restart-v...

[continuum]

what goes up - must come down 😉

don't forget that part - its dangerous for example if you have automatic winupdates active and the system forces a reboot while VMs are still running