@olivierlambert thanks. wasn't sure if that version will work with 22.04.

Started up an Ubuntu 22.04 server VM and discovered that xe-guest-utilities was not part of the 22.04 repository. What package should I use for guest code

@stormi that's a good thing to look at and I am paying attention to it. Things I've learned since my original post are leading me to suspect a bet update is has caused the VM to crash.

@stormi this is the recovery boot I was speaking about.

Clicking the recovery start and I get:

Am I misunderstanding something about the functionality provided by the recovery start button?

I tried to boot off a rescue image earlier but there was some problem with the DVD virtual device attached to the VM. A couple of reboots later it seems to not be a problem anymore and I was able to successfully boot onto PartitionMagic. Now I can look into the logs in the VM and see if they show any hints as to why it's failing.

I believe I'm having the same problem. A VM failed to reboot and ended up in busy box recovery state. I also tried the recovery start and it failed. First it claimed that the DVD drive was not connected and I needed to start up and shut down the VM. I did so, the DVD drive is connected but with nothing in the drive, I get

With the guest tools DVD in the drive I get:

Am I missing some sort of disk image the rescue mode needs?

@olivierlambert thanks. I do understand the console not intended to be Remote Desktop but more of the "I really need access" type of service. Tools like NX and any desk you give a very nice Remote Desktop experience but the virtual graphics card (framework?) Limits what those tools can provide for Remote Desktop.

I'll take your advice and check into UDS enterprise.

I have Linux VM's with GUIs and users that need access to those GUIs. I'm not giving them direct access to XO. I normally use something like nomachine to provide access but the XO console only supports a limited number of resolutions. Is there any way to make the xo console "support" resolutions like 1920x1080 to give a better Remote Desktop experience?

pointers to the right documentation would be great.