Boot Options

You can control a virtual machine’s boot behavior by setting the VirtualMachineConfigSpec.bootOptions property. The VirtualMachineBootOptions data object in that property allows you to specify the following properties:

• bootDelay – Delay before starting the boot sequence, in milliseconds.
• bootRetryDelay – Delay before a boot retry, in milliseconds. This property is only considered if the bootRetryEnabled property is set to true.
• bootRetryEnabled – If set to true, a virtual machine that fails to boot tries again after the bootRetryDelay time period has elapsed.
• enterBIOSSetup – If set to true, the virtual machine enters BIOS setup the next time it boots. The virtual machine resets this flag to false so subsequent boots proceed normally.