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OrangeTurtle
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Contributor
‎01-21-2021 04:59 PM

start a vm at host system startup

i have an ubuntu server vm that has a vpn and pi-hole server on, and i would like it to headless start when my computer boots. is there a way to do that?

host os: windows 10 version 20h2

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wila
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Immortal
‎01-22-2021 07:15 AM

Hi,

If you are using VMware Workstation/Player 15.x then you can still use the "Shared VM" feature.
Starting with Workstation/Player 16.x this feature however has been deprecated and you cannot enable it for new VMs.

If you are comfortable scripting then you can use vmrun and the windows task manager to start the VM.

If you rather have a supported solution then you can also use my product called vimarun.

The reason I developed vimarun is because the "Shared VM" feature has been deprecated and I still believe it is important to have an easy way to start a selected VM at host system boot time.

Hope this helps,
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Wil

| Author of Vimalin. The virtual machine Backup app for VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation and Player |
| More info at vimalin.com | Twitter @wilva
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