Thanks... no, this is after the initial install when RedHat does the reboot of the VM. So the laptop never reboots in this case. RF Robert G. Freeman Oracle ACE Ask me about on-site Oracle Training! RMAN, DBA, Tuning, you name it! Author: Oracle Database 11g RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) - ON IT'S WAY SOON! OCP: Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional Study Guide (Sybex) Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press) Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press) Other various titles Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Vishal Gupta <vishal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, November 23, 2009 5:32:57 PM Subject: RE: Using VMWare 2.0.2 Robert, If you are talking about VMs not starting automatically, when your laptop is reboot then following steps to configure VM to auto-start. - Login to your VMware Server Home Page - On the right hand links , under Configure Options, Click on "Edit VM Startup/Shutdown settings" - Then high the VM you want to auto start, and move up in either "Any Order" or "Specific Order" sections for your VM to auto-start. Regards, Vishal Gupta -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Freeman Sent: 23 November 2009 20:19 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Using VMWare 2.0.2 I've used VMWare for ages to setup RAC VM's on my laptop. It works great. I've just downloaded version 2.0.2 VMWare. It has a new web based interface (blech!!) When I install the RHEL 5 image, the install goes fine, but the VM won't restart on the reboot. Anyone experience this and have a solution to this problem? RF Robert G. Freeman Oracle ACE Ask me about on-site Oracle Training! RMAN, DBA, Tuning, you name it! Author: Oracle Database 11g RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) - ON IT'S WAY SOON! OCP: Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Professional Study Guide (Sybex) Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press) Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press) Other various titles Blog: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l