Thanks, Dag, Looks like scripting it is the way to go. Asai
> On Aug 15, 2018, at 9:06 AM, Dag Sonstebo <dag.sonst...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > > Hi Asai, > > In short – no that is not a use case CloudStack is designed for, the VM > states are controlled by CloudStack management. You should however look at > using HA service offerings and host HA (if you meet all the pre-requisites). > Between these mechanisms VMs can be brought up on other hosts if a host goes > down. > > Alternatively if you are looking to trigger an automated startup of VMs I > suggest you simply script this with e.g. cloudmonkey. Keep in mind this still > requires a healthy management server though. > > Regards, > Dag Sonstebo > Cloud Architect > ShapeBlue > > On 15/08/2018, 16:47, "Asai" <a...@globalchangemusic.org> wrote: > > Thanks, Dag, > > On boot of the server, I would like the VMs to start up automatically, > rather than me having to go to the management console and start them > manually. We suffered some downtime and in restarting the hardware, I had to > manually get everything back up and running. > Asai > > > > dag.sonst...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK > @shapeblue > > > >> On Aug 15, 2018, at 1:22 AM, Dag Sonstebo <dag.sonst...@shapeblue.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Asai, >> >> Can you explain a bit more what you are trying to achieve? Everything in >> CloudStack is controlled by the management server, not the KVM host, and in >> general the assumption is a KVM host is always online. >> >> Regards, >> Dag Sonstebo >> Cloud Architect >> ShapeBlue >> >> On 15/08/2018, 03:38, "Asai" <a...@globalchangemusic.org> wrote: >> >> Greetings, >> >> Can anyone offer advice on how to autostart VMs at boot time using KVM? >> There doesn’t seem to be any documentation for this in the CS docs. We’re >> on CS 4.9.2.0. >> >> I tried doing it with virsh autostart, but it just throws an error. >> >> Thank you, >> Asai >> >> >> >> dag.sonst...@shapeblue.com >> www.shapeblue.com >> 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK >> @shapeblue >> >> >> > > >
