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I will attempt this &amp;&nbsp;award points if it works.
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I will attempt this & award points if it works.

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This is a solution, but we've decided to get a dedicated server for the SQL database.
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This is a solution, but we've decided to get a dedicated server for the SQL database.

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I've setup a SQL server VM using Virutalbox on one of my servers. &nbsp;It needs to boot when the host server starts up. &nbsp;I have it running via &quot;vboxheadless.exe&quot; so it'll run w/o displaying the guest UI.<br />
I setup a simple batch script that starts the VM. &nbsp;I've tested the script &amp;&nbsp;it works.<br />
I setup a scheduled task to run this script at startup. &nbsp;When the server reboots, Scheduled Tasks shows that it runs the script, but the VM isn't running when I log into the server.<br />
Is it a requirement that a local profile be loaded in order to run the VM in Virutalbox?<br />
I'd love to be able to run the VM as a service, but couldn't find anything on how this could be done.<br />
Thanks!
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I've setup a SQL server VM using Virutalbox on one of my servers.  It needs to boot when the host server starts up.  I have it running via "vboxheadless.exe" so it'll run w/o displaying the guest UI.
I setup a simple batch script that starts the VM.  I've tested the script & it works.
I setup a scheduled task to run this script at startup.  When the server reboots, Scheduled Tasks shows that it runs the script, but the VM isn't running when I log into the server.
Is it a requirement that a local profile be loaded in order to run the VM in Virutalbox?
I'd love to be able to run the VM as a service, but couldn't find anything on how this could be done.
Thanks!

Running Virtualbox script at startup

Microsoft Virtual Server was a virtualization solution that facilitated the creation of virtual machines on the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. Virtual machines are created and managed through a web-based interface that relies on Internet Information Services (IIS) or through a Windows client application tool called VMRCplus. Features included Linux guest operating system support, Virtual Disk Precompactor, symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), x64 host operating system support, the ability to mount virtual hard drives on the host machine and additional operating systems support, including Windows Vista, and a volume shadow copy writer.

Microsoft Virtual Server

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).