I've configured the startup/shutdown with the host for each VM. While I can configure settings for shutdown and order - for each machine - the startup is "disabled".
When I simulate a power-out (i.e, UPS reaches low battery) the host shutdown but the machines (VMs) are not being gracefully shutdown. It is just the host being shutdown.
My impression is that the "startup/shutdown with host" is somehow disabled?
The vmware tools are installed on each machine.
This is a small implementation and so not part of a cluster.
Any help on how to enable the shutdown with host would be appreciated.