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Set Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Virtual Machines
In Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V, each virtual machine has three options for the automatic start and three options for the automatic stop actions. Use these Windows PowerShell commands to set them up.
John Savill
January 3, 2013
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Q: How can I quickly set my virtual machines (VMs) that aren't using my standard automatic start and stop actions in my Windows 2012 Hyper-V environment?
A: Each VM has three options for the automatic start and three options for the automatic stop actions.
Start - Nothing | Never start the VM when the Hyper-V host starts |
Start - Start | Always start the VM when the Hyper-V host starts |
Start - StartIfRunning | Start the VM if it was running when the Hyper-V host was shutdown (this is the default) |
Stop - Save | Save the state of the VM if running when the Hyper-V host is shutdown (this is the default) |
Stop - Shutdown | Perform a clean shutdown of the VM if running when the Hyper-V host is shutdown |
Stop - TurnOff | Perform a hard turn off of the VM if running when the Hyper-V host is shutdown |
The state of VMs can be viewed with the following PowerShell command in Windows Server 2012:
Get-VM | ft name,automaticstartaction,automaticstopactionThe AutomaticStopAction can only be changed while the VM is stopped but if you wanted all VMs to perform a clean shutdown and to never automatically start you could use the command below for those not currently using the default.
Get-VM | Where-Object {$_.AutomaticStartAction -eq "StartIfRunning"} |Set-VM -AutomaticStartAction Nothing -AutomaticStopAction ShutDown
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