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Setting Description
Shutdown delay When you power off the ESXi host, it starts powering off the virtual machines that
run on it. The order in which virtual machines are powered off is the reverse of
their startup order. After the ESXi host powers off the first virtual machine, the
host waits for the specified shutdown delay time and then powers off the next
virtual machine. The ESXi host shuts down only after all virtual machines are
powered off.
Shutdown action Select a shutdown action that is applicable to the virtual machines on the host
when the host shuts down.
n
Guest Shutdown
n
Power Off
n
Suspend
n
None
5 (Optional) In the Per-VM Overrides pane, configure the startup order and behavior for individual
virtual machines.
Use this option when you need the delay of the virtual machine to be different from the default delay
for all machines. The settings that you configure for individual virtual machines override the default
settings for all machines.
a To change the startup order of virtual machines, select a virtual machine from the Manual Startup
category and use the up arrow to move it up to the Automatic Startup or Any Order categories.
Use the up and down arrows to change the startup order for virtual machines in the Automatic
Startup and Any Order categories. During shutdown, the virtual machines shut down in the
reverse order.
b To change the start up behavior of a virtual machine, select a virtual machine and click the default
option in the Startup Behavior column.
The default option is Use Defaults.
A drop-down menu appears.
c Select Custom and configure the startup delay by clicking the default value (120) in the Startup
Delay(s) column.
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