Did you reboot your VMWare ESX/ESXi server and find out none of your VMs are running? Chances are you never set them to run automatically upon restart.
Here's how to change that:
- Load the VMWare vSphere Client
- Connect to your ESX/ESXi box or vCenter Server
- Select the ESX/ESXi host from the right panel
- Click on the Configuration tab
- Under Software select Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown
- Click on the Properties... button located on the top right
- Select your VM and move it up or down into the correct order. For automatic simply move it up to Automatic or Manual Startup