asked on 9/9/2013

Start Virtual Box VM on server boot

I have a specific VM that runs within Virtual Box, and I would like that VM to be started automatically in the event the windows server (2012) reboots or is restarted after power outage.

Is this possible ideally without any third party software that incurs additional cost.

Thanks.

Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Server OS Virtualization

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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

9/9/2013

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

9/9/2013

if you create a script, as follows, and add it to the Startup folder of Windows 2012

--- script start

cd "C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox"
VBoxHeadless --startvm name_of_your_vm_here

--- script end

Dan

9/9/2013

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Thank you hanccocka, however that script will only be executed once someone logs into the server, if nobody logs in it will not execute.

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