stop automatically VMs, but don't start on the next startup of host system

[itec]

Hello,

I would like to configure our host system, so that the VMs on the host will shutdown automatically if the host getting shutdown, but on the next start of host system VMs should stay down.

I read official documentation here Edit Virtual Machine Startup and Shutdown Settings in the vSphere Web Client.

These settings do the VMs on the host getting shutdown its super, but I don't see any choice to deactivate the automatic startup.

My questions:

  is it possible?

  how can i do this?

Our system:

ESXi 5.5

VMware vCenter Server Appliance Version 5.5 of VC running on SLES 11

Best regards

Ant

[mhampto]

The process and caveats is available in Automating the process of starting and stopping virtual machines on VMware ESX\ESXi (850).