Dear VMware Overlords,
I come to you today not with a bug report, but with a tale of sorrow, rage, and unconfirmed Restarts.
Picture this: A humble admin, weary from patching, sipping stale coffee, opens the ESXi Web UI to gently refresh the status of a VM. Instead of the soothing click of "Refresh," fate (and your UI) guides their trembling hand to… the "Restart" button.
No prompt. No warning. Just a cold, heartless reboot.
The VM? A database server.
The timing? Mid-transaction.
The feeling? Existential regret.
Who, in their divine wisdom, placed "Restart" next to "Refresh", like a self-destruct button next to a light switch? even if there is another button between them.
Request for Sanity (aka Feature Request):
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Move the "Restart" button literally anywhere else.
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Add a confirmation dialog, preferably one that screams:
"ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU WANT TO DO THIS, YOU MADMAN?"
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Optionally, require a blood sample or a 2FA code signed by the IT manager.
Expected Result:
Refreshing a VM status does not cause an outage, a database rollback, and an existential crisis.
Actual Result:
I pressed "Refresh." I got a free ticket to Data Lossville.
Closing Remarks:
I know you probably won't change this tomorrow. I know this isn't the first time you've heard this complaint. But in the name of every tired sysadmin out there, I beg you:
Put a leash on the Restart button.
Sincerely,
An Admin Who Just Wanted to Refresh Things
(But Now Needs Therapy and Backups)
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