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Chapter 6 Administering ESX Server
The!System!Startup!and!Shutdown!Defaults!dialog!box!appears.
3To!enable!system‐wide!startup!and!shutdown!policies,!select!the!Start!Up!and!
Shut!Down!Virtual!Machines!check!box.
4To!configure!when!ESX!Server!should!start!the!next!virtual!machine!after!a!virtual!
machine!starts,!do!one!or!both!of!the!following:
! To!specify!a!period!of!time!before!the!next!virtual!machine!starts,!in!the!
Continue!Starting!Virtual!Machines!After!list,!choose!from!the!number!of!
minutes!listed!or!whether!ESX!Server!should!not!wait!before!starting!the!next!
virtual!machine.!Set!a!delay!between!starting!virtual!machines!to!avoid!
placing!a
!burden!on!the!host’s!server’s!processors!and!memory.
! To!specify!that!VMware!Tools!should!start!in!a!virtual!machine!before!the!next!
virtual!machine!starts,!select!the!when!VMware!Tools!start!check!box.!If!
VMware!Tools!does!not!start!in!the!virtual!machine!before!the!specified!time!
elapses,!ESX!Server!starts!the!next!virtual!machine.
5To!configure!when!ESX!
Server!should!stop!the!next!virtual!machine!after!a!virtual!
machine!stops,!in!the!Attempt!to!Continue!Stopping!Other!Virtual!Machines!
After!list,!choose!the!number!of!minutes!or!whether!ESX!Server!should!not!wait!
before!starting!the!next!virtual!machine.
6Click!OK!to!save!your!settings.
7Click!Close!Window!to!return
!to!the!management!interface!Options!pane.