vCenter Appliance auto start?

[affeee]

Hi there,

Scenario:

3 x ESXi 5.1 in a HA-Cluster, managed by a vCenter Appliance 5.1 running in the cluster.

If I need to shut down the whole cluster, what is the procedure to auto start vCenter Appliance so I can reconnect and manange?

[julienvarela]

Hi,

According to this KB : VMware KB: The Virtual Machine Automatic Startup / Shutdown feature in ESXi hosts in a VSA cluster g...

Note: The Virtual Machine Start up and Shutdown (automatic start up) feature is disabled for all virtual machines residing on hosts that are in (or moved into) a vSphere HA cluster. Automatic start up is not supported

when used with vSphere HA. For more information, see the Creating a vSphere HA Cluster section of the vSphere 5.1 Availability Guide.

You can check this previous post with the same subject : Re: Automatic virtual machine startup and shutdown option is disabled/greyed out

Regards,

Julien.

[affeee]

Ok, but how do I get my vCenter up and running again?

Connect direct to the host currently housing the vm, and Power on from there?

[julienvarela · Accepted solution]

Yes using vi-client on one of your host.

Regards,

Julien

[affeee]

Thanks!