Starting a VM on OSX Server SL reboot

[misionpilot]

I am a total noob to scripting. So please forgive my ignorance...

I am running virtualbox on my OS X 10.6.4 server (SLS). I am virtualizing Windows XP SP3. I want the XP machine to start up every-time the server hardware reboots. (We have some power issues in Mexico...) In the OS X Boot up preferences I have selected VirtualBox.app to start automatically on boot up. But this does not automatically restart the virtual machine. I am sure this sort of thing is normal for Network admin running virtualbox.... Can someone please point me to some documentation on how to do this, or show me the needed bash script with the set up instructions.

Thanks in advance.

(P.S. I do not need to power off the virtual machine automatically when I want to shut down the OSX server. I just have an issue when I am booting up.)

[Sasquatch]

Then you would put a script in the same startup folder as the main .app. In that script, you would put something like this:

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VBoxManage startvm "<vm name>"

You should really consider getting some UPS system installed with all that power loss.

[ChipMcK]

These may be of interest - Launching a virtual machine
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9562
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic. ... 43#p144243

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