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3 Select a virtual machine and click the up or down arrow to move the virtual machine in the startup
order; the reverse order is used for shutdown.
Virtual machines and vApps in the same group are started before the objects in the next group.
4 (Optional) For each virtual machine, select the startup action for the virtual machine.
The default is Power On. Select None to power on the virtual machine manually.
5 (Optional) Specify when the startup action is to happen
n
Enter a time delay in seconds for the startup action.
n
Select VMware Tools are ready to perform the startup action when VMware Tools has started.
6 (Optional) For each virtual machine, select the shutdown action for the virtual machine.
The default is Power Off. You can also select Guest Shutdown to shut down the guest and leave the
virtual machine running, Suspend, or None.
7 (Optional) Enter a time delay in seconds for the shutdown action.
8 Click OK.
Configure vApp Product Properties
You can configure product and vendor information for a vApp.
Prerequisites
Required privilege: vApp.vApp application configuration on the vApp.
Procedure
1 Navigate to a vApp in the inventory and click Edit vApp Settings.
2 In the Authoring section, click the Product triangle to expand the product options.
3 Set and configure the settings that appear on the summary page of the virtual machine.
vApp Setting Description
Product Name
Product Name.
Version
vApp version.
Full Version
Full version of the vApp.
Product URL
If you enter a product URL, a user can click the product name on the
virtual machine summary page and go to the product's web page.
Vendor URL
If you enter a vendor URL, a user can click the vendor name on the virtual
machine summary page and go to the vendor's web page.
Application URL
The vApp Summary page you can view in the vSphere Client includes a
Status pane that includes information about vApp status, for example
Running or Stopped. If you enter a valid application URL, the virtual
machine Status pane displays Available instead of Running. The
Available text is also a link to the application URL.
if you configure the virtual machine to use the property called webserver_ip and the virtual machine has
a web server at the address represented by the property, you can enter http://${webserver_ip}/ as the
Application URL.
4 (Optional) Click View to test the Product URL and Vendor URL.
5 Click OK.
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