Overlapped labels for parameters in the Edit VM Startup/Shutdown Configuration dialog box.

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

This article provides descriptions for the inputs at the "Edit VM Startup/Shutdown" dialog so that customers can tell which input is for what.

Symptoms:

Navigating to "Host - Configure - Virtual Machines - VM Startup/Shutdown - Edit..." will show the input labels staggered on top and the inputs won't have a label to identify them.

 

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 8.0.2

Cause

Problems with the CSS styles used are causing the issue.

Resolution

Workaround:

The following labels should be considered for every input respectively:

•   "Automatically start and stop the virtual machines with the system" checkbox should be considered to have a label "System Influence"
•   The next number input should be considered to have a label "Startup delay"
•   The next number input should be considered to have a label "Shutdown delay"
•   The checkbox "Continue if VMware Tools is started" is associated with the "Shutdown delay" input
•   The select dropdown should be considered to have a label "Shutdown action"

 

This issue is resolved in this release- VMware vCenter 8.0 Update 3g
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/release-notes/vcenter-server-update-and-patch-release-notes/vsphere-vcenter-server-80u3g-release-notes.html

 

 

Additional Information

You see overlapped labels for parameters in the Edit VM Startup/Shutdown Configuration dialog box

In the vSphere Client, when you select an ESXi host and click 

Configure

 > 

Virtual Machines

 > 

VM Startup/Shutdown

 > 

Edit

, you see overlapped labels for some parameters in the 

Edit VM Startup/Shutdown Configuration

 dialog box that opens. The overlapped labels are as follows:

• System influence: labels the checkbox 

  Automatically start and stop the virtual machines with the system

  .
• Startup delay: numeric value that specifies the delay time that a host waits before powering on the next virtual machine in automatic startup configuration.
• Shutdown delay: numeric value that defines the maximum time the ESXi host waits for a shutdown command to complete, and the option 

  Continue if VMware Tools is started

  .
• Shutdown action: such as Guest Shutdown, Power Off, Suspend, and None.

This issue is resolved in this release- VMware vCenter 8.0 Update 3g