Bug 444548

Summary:	Missing Documentation For Autostarting Guests Created In Satellite
Product:	Red Hat Satellite 5	Reporter:	Devan Goodwin <dgoodwin>
Component:	Docs Reference Guide	Assignee:	John Ha <jha>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Jeff Browning <jbrownin>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	511	CC:	adstrong, cperry, msuchy
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OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	sat530	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Devan Goodwin 2008-04-29 01:26:44 UTC

Currently when a guest is created in the satellite UI it must be restarted
manually when the host reboots. (by default) This behavior matches the behavior
of virt-manager and is likely a sane default. However we have developed the
rhn-virtualization-host service which can be used to have guests brought back up
automatically, but it appears to be missing from our documentation.

To use:

1. Locate your guests config file on the host in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/virt/. It
will be named by UUID but the correct file can easily be found by using grep to
search for the guest name.

2. ln -s /etc/sysconfig/rhn/virt/YOURGUEST.xml /etc/sysconfig/rhn/virt/auto/

After this the rhn-virtualization-host service will bring the guest back up on
reboot.

Comment 1 John Ha 2009-02-25 08:35:55 UTC

I've added a new section to the Virtual Guests section of the Virtualization chapter in the Satellite Reference Guide called "Restarting Guests when Host Reboots". Let me know if it's okay. Thanks!

http://documentation-stage.bne.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite/5.3.0/html/Reference_Guide/virtualization-guest-host-service.html

Comment 3 Jeff Browning 2009-04-20 20:08:12 UTC

The instructions above are now in the docs.

Comment 4 Miroslav Suchý 2009-08-21 09:11:53 UTC

The given location do not exist. But I find it in section:
 10.3.5. Restarting Guests when Host Reboots
and it is correct.

Comment 5 Brandon Perkins 2009-09-10 20:44:32 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1434.html