[libvirt-users] Boot delay

[Jeff]

Is there a virt-viewer for Windows?

On Jun 13, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote:

> On 13.06.2011 15:25, Jeff wrote:
>> Is there a method of tweaking the boot sequence of a KVM instance so that you can delay the process for X number of seconds? I don't have enough time between starting the KVM and connecting via VNC.
>> 
> You might consider using virt-viewer. It simply waits for domain to
> boot, if it is down.
> 
> Your other option is to create hook script:
> http://libvirt.org/hooks.html
> and put conditional sleep there, because libvirt just before running a
> domain tries to execute qemu with some arguments (e.g. -help) to qeury
> its capabilities. And you don't want your hook script to delay that.
> 
> So you need something like this:
> 
> if [ $2 == "start" ]; then
>        sleep 5
> fi
> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Jeff
>> 
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> Michal