Standalone host ESXi 6.0.0 autostartmanager not taking into account entries

[EauxDeVienne]

Hello,

I'm trying to configure my VMs autostart and autostop behaviour on a standalone host (ESXi 6.0.0) via SSH.

The values I enter for the different options are badly interpreted!

Before configuring anything:

[root@esx-nvl:~] vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/get_defaults

(vim.host.AutoStartManager.SystemDefaults) {
enabled = false,
startDelay = 60,
stopDelay = 120,
waitForHeartbeat = false,
stopAction = "PowerOff"
}

Then, I try to modify the startDelay value:

[root@esx-nvl:~] vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/update_defaults startDelay 120

Updated System defaults.

[root@esx-nvl:~] vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/get_defaults

(vim.host.AutoStartManager.SystemDefaults) {
enabled = true,
startDelay = 0,
stopDelay = 120,
waitForHeartbeat = false,
stopAction = "PowerOff"
}

The startDelay value was set to zero instead of 120...

Then, I tried to change the syntax with a equal sign:

[root@esx-nvl:~] vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/update_defaults startDelay = 120
Updated System defaults.

[root@esx-nvl:~] vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/get_defaults
(vim.host.AutoStartManager.SystemDefaults) {
enabled = true,
startDelay = 0,
stopDelay = 0,
waitForHeartbeat = false,
stopAction = "120"
}

And it saves a "120" value for stopAction parameter...

I can't figure it out! Any idea on something I'd be missing?

Thanks in advance.

Thomas

[e_espinel]

Hello.

I recommend you to use the vSphere web client (host client) to configure the VMs startup.

The ESXi Embedded Host Client is a native HTML and JavaScript application and is served directly from your ESXi host!

ESXi Embedded Host Client has been officially released in ESXi 6.0 Update 2, but can be installed in  ESXi 5.5, ESXi 6.0 and ESXi 6.5.

link: https://flings.vmware.com/esxi-embedded-host-client#requirements

Link where you can get the patches: https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/patch#search