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information to VMware support to help troubleshoot any problems you are
experiencing.
• System Startup Options — the startup options for this virtual machine when
the server starts.
• System Shutdown Options — the shutdown options for this virtual machine
when the server shuts down.
To change the startup and shutdown options, see Setting Startup and
Shutdown Options for a Virtual Machine on page 25. To change any other
options, see Changing Standard Virtual Machine Configuration Options on page
26.
Under Verbose Options, you can enter and modify configuration file entries by
hand. See Modifying the Configuration File Directly (Advanced Users Only) on
page 141.
Setting Startup and Shutdown Options for a Virtual Machine
You can configure what a virtual machine does when the system starts and how it
shuts down when the system shuts down. You can enable these settings only if the
startup and shutdown options are enabled for the server overall. See Configuring
Startup and Shutdown Options for Virtual Machines on page 257.
Startup Options
The virtual machine startup options include:
• At System Startup — whether or not this virtual machine should start when the
server starts. By default, virtual machines do not start automatically when the
system starts up.
• Continue Starting Other Virtual Machines After — the amount of time to wait
after starting the virtual machine before starting another virtual machine.
Settings for starting virtual machines include: the system default, do not wait to
start, wait for a certain number of minutes to start or start when VMware Tools
starts.
Shutdown Options
The virtual machine startup options include:
• At System Shutdown, Attempt to — sets the shutdown action for the virtual
machine when the server is shut down. At system shutdown, settings for
shutting down virtual machines include: power off the virtual machine, shut
down the guest operating system or suspend the virtual machine. By default, all
virtual machines are powered off when the system shuts down.