Auto Power On VMs when reboot host

[marcusrushy]

Hi there. I maybe doing something wrong but within XOCE I have selected the option Auto Power On on all my VMs but when I reboot my host they don't power. Please can anyone help.

[borzel]

@marcusrushy I had the same issue with a fresh install of XCP-ng 7.6 but had not the time to investigate... can you share more details?

my details:

• XCP-ng 7.6 (fresh install, latest updates)
  • maybe the partition layout is wrong (https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/issues/149), it's a brand new server but the vendor ran some diagnostic/burn in tools
• I did set autoboot via XCP-ng Center
• Bonus: the host stops at the grub menu, does not count to zero (may a stuck key? - need to look into that)

stormi created this issue in xcp-ng/xcp

closed Fresh install fails creating boot, log and swap partitions on some servers #149

[marcusrushy]

Mine is a fresh install of XCP-ng 7.6
Set auto start in XOCE and XCP-ng Center

[marcusrushy]

Got it working using this guide

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX133910

[borzel]

Now in our wiki: https://github.com/xcp-ng/xcp/wiki/VM-Auto-Power-On
Tested it myself - works!

[marcusrushy]

Nice one

[olivierlambert]

All those steps are automatically done in XO (when you set up auto power on in XO, it's also set up directly in the pool).

So in fact it's only 1 step for XO

[borzel]

@olivierlambert you are free to correct the wiki

[marcusrushy]

It didn’t seem to work for me but I was only selecting auto start on the vms and did nothing with the pool

[olivierlambert]

IIRC, we based the button in XO to do both modification at the same time when you set it up for a VM (in the pool if it's not enabled and in the VM).

However, it's been a while I didn't check the code, I'll take a look to be sure