One of the advantages of a vApp is that you can perform power operations on all virtual machines it contains at the same time.

When powering on a vApp within a DRS cluster in manual mode, no DRS recommendations are generated for virtual machine placements. The power-on operation performs as if DRS is run in a semiautomatic or automatic mode for the initial placements of the virtual machines. This does not affect vMotion recommendations. Recommendations for individual powering on and powering off of virtual machines are also generated for vApps that are running.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites depend on the task that you want to perform.
Task Required Privileges
Power on a vApp vApp.Power On on the vApp.
Power off a vApp vApp.Power Off on the vApp.
Suspend a vApp vApp.Suspend

Procedure

  1. Navigate to a vApp in the inventory.
  2. Select one of the power operation options.
    Task Action
    Power on

    Right-click the vApp and select Power > Power On.

    You can power on a vApp to power on all its virtual machines and child vApps. Virtual machines are powered on according to the startup order configuration.

    If a delay is set in the startup settings of a virtual machine in the vApp, the vApp waits for the set length of time before powering on that virtual machine.

    Power off

    Right-click the vApp and select Power > Power Off

    You can power off a vApp to power off all its virtual machines and child vApps. Virtual machines are powered off in reverse startup order.

    If a delay is set in the shutdown settings of a virtual machine in the vApp, the vApp waits for the set length of time before powering off that virtual machine.

    Suspend

    Right-click the vApp and select Power > Suspend.

    You can suspend a vApp to suspend all its virtual machines and child vApps. Virtual machines are suspended in the reverse order of the specified startup order. All virtual machines are suspended regardless of the Suspend behavior you specified in the Power Management VM Option for the virtual machine.

    Resume

    Right-click a vApp that is powered off or suspended and select Power On.

    Virtual machines are resumed according to their startup order configuration.

Results

On the Summary tab, the Status indicates the vApp status.