Hostsvc/autostartmanager/enable autostart
vimsh hostsvc/autostartmanager/enable_autostart
Usage: enable_autostart EnableAutoStart
Enable or disable AutoStart.
example output
Here's some output from a ESX3.5 host from within the vimsh shell:
[/]$ hostsvc/autostartmanager/enable_autostart true Enabled AutoStart [/]$ hostsvc/autostartmanager/enable_autostart false Disabled AutoStart