On May 11, 2016 05:47, "ToddAndMargo" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:> ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of ToddAndMargo <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 10:01:04 PM > To: scientific-linux-users > Subject: What is the best way to start a KVM VM at boot? > > Hi All, > > I am finding server articles with DuckDuckGo on how start > a KVM virtual machine at (host) boot, but they are over 5 > years old. > > Is there a best practice way to do this? > > Also, when the host shuts down, I know KVM saves the > machine. Is there a way to send the shutdown command to the > machine instead when someone hits reboot or shutdown? > > Many thanks, > -T > On 05/10/2016 08:10 PM, Steven C Timm wrote: You can start any KVM VM at boot time by use of the libvirt-guests service, by putting a link to the xml file for the vm in /etc/libvirt/qemu/auto Hi Steve, Is that the same thing as the check-e-do box in the virt manager of the vm under boot options? You can choose to shut down rather than suspend the VM at shutdown by changing the settings of libvirt-quests. quests or guests? Was that a typo? (Typos??? I never make typos. What ?!?!? Okay, okay, maybe 2 or 3 hundred every so often.) Not finding how to alter libvirt-guests. Also, I sent the "shutdown" command from the console and the vm ignored me. Does this mean I should stay with "suspend"?
On 05/10/2016 11:01 PM, Francesco M. Taurino wrote:
Be sure Acpi or similar are installed in your guests
Hi Francesco, I am not seeing that as an option in the kvm console. Am I missing something? -T
