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For the most part, the only thing you'll really need to adjust here is the actual startup/shut-
down order. Use the up/down arrows to move the order of the VMs so that the VMs boot up
in the correct sequence. For example, you may want to ensure that the backend database VM
comes up before the middle-tier application server, which should in turn come up before the
frontend web server. You can control all this from the Start Order tab. Generally speaking, most
of the defaults here are i ne.
Figure 10.21
h e vSphere Web
Client displays the
metadata in the
Details area of the
Summary tab of a
vApp object.
Note that we said “most of the defaults.” There is one default setting that we would rec-
ommend you change. Shutdown Action is, by default, set to Power Off. We recommend you
change this to Guest Shutdown (which will require VMware Tools to be installed in the guest
OS instance). You can set this on a per-VM basis, so if you have a VM that doesn't have the tools
installed—not a recommended situation, by the way—then you can leave Shutdown Action set
to Power Off.
Figure 10.22 shows the Shutdown Action option for the VM named win2k8r2-04 set to Guest
Shutdown instead of Power Off.
Changing a vApp's Power State
The process for powering on or powering off a vApp is the same as for a standard VM. You can
select one of the following three methods to power on a vApp:
The Power On command in the Actions button as shown in Figure 10.23
 
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