6.4 Starting a Guest

You can start a guest manually, or configure the guest to start automatically when the KVM host is started.

1. Connect to the KVM host.
2. To manually start a guest, use vm_maker to start the guest.

   In the following example, db01_guest01.example.com is the name of the guest.

   # /opt/exadata_ovm/vm_maker --start-domain db01_guest01.example.com
   [INFO] Running 'virsh start db01_guest01.example.com...
   Domain db01_guest01.example.com started
   
   [INFO] The domain has been started but may not have network connectivity for 
   several minutes.

3. To configure autostart for a guest, use the vm_maker --autostart command.

   In the following example, db01_guest01.example.com is the name of the guest.

   # /opt/exadata_ovm/vm_maker --autostart db01_guest01.example.com --enable
   [INFO] Running 'virsh autostart db01_guest01.example.com'...
   Domain db01_guest01.example.com marked as autostarted