Good day all.
I want to create a nightly restart on a server via the vCenter Scheduled Task option. Why is there a shutdown option and a hard reset option but not a restart option? I could set this up with two jobs one as a shutdown and another as a power on but I want to have the restart perform as fast as possible. While testing, on server took 20 seconds to shutdown and sat for 40 seconds until the next scheduled task kicked in (set to a minute after shutdown). Also what happens in a situation that where the shutdown talks more than a minute? Would the server never power on because it missed the power on window?
I guess my question is why is there only a shutdown option that leverages the VMware Tools but not a restart option that also uses the tools to perform a clean reboot? I know I can also do this in Windows scheduled tasks but wanted to use vCenter 5.0.
Thanks in advance!