Setting your esxi host to restart automatically after crash or purple screen aka psod

The default and recommended setting is to leave the purple screen of death up to help you notice that het host has died and also leave the psod up to help troubleshoot the issue because on reboot you can loose your logs.


Some people in dev/test environemtns or running unsupported white boxes just want it to come back up.


Here is how to do it:


1. SSH into your host
2. Use this command:  (thanks kitcolbert)


esxcfg-advcfg -s X /Misc/BlueScreenTimeout




Where X is the number if seconds you want to wait until reboot.


Example:  esxcfg-advcfg -s 30 /Misc/BlueScreenTimeout   for 30 seconds until reboot.













Now I'm going to psod my host
For testing here is how to psod your own host: http://sparrowangelstechnology.blogspot.com/2012/08/psod-getting-purple-screen-of-death-for.html


See how it says automatic reboot after 30 seconds at the end?







Here is the host coming up













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