How To
Enable autostart for the UCS master server even when running as virtual machine through UVMM.
Environment
You are using UCS virtualization through UVMM and you master is a virtual machine itself.
Now you can not configure the properties of the master when it is up and running. But you can not edit preferences either when it is powered off because in this case there is no master and no changes can be performed.
Solution
Use the command line to enable autostart on the vm;
Step 1
Get list of running vm’s:
root@ucs:~$ virsh list
Id Name State
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14 pha_sid93 running
322 dsch_UCS_111_DC1 running
325 cv-test-w10 running
Step 2
Set autostart for the vm by using it’s Id from above:
root@ucs:~$ virsh autostart cv-test-w10
Domain cv-test-w10 marked as autostarted
Now, after a reboot the vm in question will be autostarted.