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In the Configure Autostart window, the following options are available to fine tune the automatic VM startup. You can configure autostart settings that will be applied to all new virtual machines on the ESXi host.

To do this, click the Edit Settings button at the top of the Autostart dialog box. To enable autostart for all VMs, change the Enabled to Yes. If you have not configured the HA, but it is possible to move VMs between hosts using vMotion, startup settings are migrating to the destination host with VM.

Display a list of the auto-start action for all VMs on the host:. Despite the fact that the auto-start priority for virtual machines is configured, after the host server reboot, only the first virtual machine starts automatically. The second virtual machine stubbornly refuses to boot. The desktop virtualization software VMware Workstation also does not provide the ability to automatically startup the virtual machines at Windows boot. To start the VM from the command prompt, you can use the utility vmrun.

It is located in the folder with the installed Workstation. The second code line is used to create a second delay before starting the second VM. This bat file can be put on the desktop and started manually by double click , added to the Windows Startup, or run by the task scheduler job.

In the Configure AutoStart window that opens, you can choose which virtual machines will start with the host. You can also change the delay between the start of each virtual machine in seconds. Note that it can take a significant amount of time to upload the VM, especially if it is very large. Once it has been uploaded, you should see it listed when you click on the tab for the ESXi server you are connected to.

You can now delete the local virtual machines if you like. Note that if you want to open the uploaded virtual machines from Workstation, you need to right click on them and choose Open.

Then they will appear as normal VMs running in Workstation and you can power them on using the green play button. You can also tell the difference between a local VM and the remote VM by looking at the Virtual Machine Details section and noting where the configuration file is saved. If you have any questions, post a comment.

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