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Set-VMHostStartPolicy

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NAME Set-VMHostStartPolicy



SYNOPSIS

This cmdlet modifies the host default start policy.





SYNTAX

Set-VMHostStartPolicy [-VMHostStartPolicy] <VMHostStartPolicy[]> [-Enabled <Boolean>] [-StartDelay <Int32>]

[-StopAction <VmStopAction>] [-StopDelay <Int32>] [-WaitForHeartBeat <Boolean>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf]

[<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet modifies the host default start policy. Start policy defines what happens to virtual machines when the

server starts up or stops.





PARAMETERS

-Enabled <Boolean>

Indicates that the service that controls the host start policies is enabled. If it is enabled, the default

start policies and the start policies of the specified hosts are applied. If disabled, no start policy is

applied.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-StartDelay <Int32>

Specifies a default start delay of the virtual machines in seconds.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-StopAction <VmStopAction>

Specifies the default action that is applied to the virtual machines when the server stops. The valid values

are None, Suspend, PowerOff, or GuestShutDown.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-StopDelay <Int32>

Specifies a default stop delay of the virtual machines in seconds.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-VMHostStartPolicy <VMHostStartPolicy[]>

Specifies the host start policy you want to modify.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-WaitForHeartBeat <Boolean>

Specifies whether the virtual machines should start after receiving a heartbeat from the host, ignore

heartbeats, and start after the StartDelay has elapsed ($true), or follow the system default before powering

on ($false). When a virtual machine is next in the start order, the system either waits a specified period of

time for a host to power on or it waits until it receives a successful heartbeat from a powered-on host.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]

If the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false,

the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value $true

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]

Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are

modified.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS

Zero or more modified VMHostStartPolicy objects







NOTES









-------------------------- Example 1 --------------------------



Get-VMHost Host | Get-VMHostStartPolicy | Set-VMHostStartPolicy -Enabled:$true -StartOrder 2 -StartDelay 300

-StopAction GuestShutDown -StopDelay 300



Retrieves the start policy of the Host host and modifies its configuration settings.

-------------------------- Example 2 --------------------------



Get-VMHost Host | Get-VMHostStartPolicy | Set-VMHostStartPolicy -WaitForHeartbeat



Retrieves the start policy of the Host host and modifies its configuration settings, so that virtual machines on

the specified host wait for the host heartbeat.



RELATED LINKS

Online Version: https://code.vmware.com/doc/preview?id= ... olicy.html

Get-VMHostStartPolicy