vCenter Operations Manager 5 vApp Start Order settings

When you deploy the vCenter Operations Manager 5.0 vApp in a vSphere 5 Cluster, the vApp import creates a few settings. Here is the screenshot of the default start order.

vCenter Operations Manager 5.0 vApp Start Order Settings

I’m adding this post, because in the past few days I have had to do a Storage vMotion of the Analytics VM, and I had to temporarily remove it from the vApp. Once I had migrated the Analytics VM, I insert the VM back in the vApp. But this changed the default start order, and the Analytics VM had default settings, such as Shutdown Action operation:PowerOff, and a different Startup sequence. You can see the default settings in the screenshot below, when I add another VM to the vApp.

vApp Start Order Settings you do NOT want

So make sure that your vApp Startup settings are properly configured when you tamper with the vApp.