[Linux-cluster] Startup delay for VMs in a cluster

[Dirk H. Schulz]

Dirk H. Schulz schrieb:
> Hi folks,
>
> the VMs in my cluster are defined via <vm> containers which are not 
> inside <service> containers because the latter prevents live migration 
> (as far as I could find out).
>
> Now when I start up the cluster, all VMs are started at once, which I 
> would like to prevent. Is there any way to define a startup sequence 
> or startup delay (like you can for the xendomains service) without 
> misusing dependencies?
>
> Dirk
>
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Just for the archive: I have an idea now.

I will try defining soft dependencies between the VMs (as I understand 
soft is only regarded at startup), so I can have a startup sequence 
which is even more than just a startup delay.

Any reasons why this should not work?

Dirk