VxRail: How to delay the boot sequence when booting a VM
Summary: Steps showing how to delay the boot of a Virtual Machine (VM).
This article applies to
This article does not apply to
This article is not tied to any specific product.
Not all product versions are identified in this article.
Instructions
Sometimes you must delay the boot of the VM in order to perform an action from the grub menu, for example, you can do that by the following:
- Log in to the vSphere web client or the esxi user interface
- Go to the inventory and right click the virtual machine that you must delay the boot for and press edit settings:
- Go to VM options from the top bar
- Expand the Boot options and then enter the delay time you need in milliseconds (if you need it for 20 s then enter 20000)
- Click save and restart the VM and the boot will be delayed.
Affected Products
VxRail, VxRail Appliance Series, VxRail SoftwareArticle Properties
Article Number: 000009461
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 02 Apr 2025
Version: 6
Find answers to your questions from other Dell users
Support Services
Check if your device is covered by Support Services.