6.6 Monitoring a Guest Console During Startup

To see Oracle Linux boot messages during guest startup, use the --console option with the vm_maker --start-domain command.

1. Connect as the root user to the KVM host.
2. Obtain the guest name using the /opt/exadata_ovm/vm_maker --list-domains command.
3. Use the following command to attach to the guest console, as part of starting the guest:

   In the following command, GuestName is the name of the guest.

   # vm_maker --start-domain GuestName --console

4. Press CTRL+] to disconnect from the console.