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Auto power on VMs when XenServer 6.x startup
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Setting the Virtual Machines to Auto-Start

Gather the UUID’s of the Virtual Machine you want to auto-start by typing:

xe vm-list

Note: This generates a list of Virtual Machines in your pool or server and their associated UUID’s.

Copy the UUID of the Virtual Machines you want to auto-start, and type the following command for each Virtual Machine to auto-start:

xe command to enable auto power on feature for the specified VM

xe vm-param-set uuid=UUID other-config:auto_poweron=true

Note: Replace UUID with the UUID of the Virtual Machine to auto-start.

Repeat for all vm’s you like to autostart.

Important to switch this off if you are going to use HA, DR and Pool upgrade functionality because the auto-start function interfered with High Availability, Disaster Recovery and Pool upgrade.

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