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Old April 9, 2012, 10:33 AM
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I am wondering if there is a way to launch 50 Virtualbox Operating systems with one script instead of having to click on every single virtual OS to start it up.
I have been searching around Off and on for a week and have not found a way to do this .
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Old April 9, 2012, 04:25 PM
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batch file with a wait statement?
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Old April 9, 2012, 04:34 PM
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I believe VMWare allows you to do this but I have no clue on Virtualbox. Good luck.
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Old April 9, 2012, 05:16 PM
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I don't have a clue on how to make a bat file load up anything never mind a bunch of VMs . VMware allows you to do that , how ?
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Old April 9, 2012, 06:07 PM
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If this is server-class hardware, you could run VMware ESXi or MS Hyper-V. Both are lightweight hypervisors designed specifically for hosting numerous VMs. Far more efficient than using VirtualBox.

And either product should support auto-startup with delays in between to prevent resource contention.
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Old April 11, 2012, 07:42 AM
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don't forget citrix zen server (or is it xen)
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Old April 11, 2012, 09:47 AM
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If this is server-class hardware, you could run VMware ESXi or MS Hyper-V. Both are lightweight hypervisors designed specifically for hosting numerous VMs. Far more efficient than using VirtualBox.

And either product should support auto-startup with delays in between to prevent resource contention.
ESXi does let you configure which Virtual Machines will auto start on boot with set priorities. I don't know about the Citrix equivalent as I didn't test it much.
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don't forget citrix zen server (or is it xen)
It's Xen but I pronounce it the way you spelled it.
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ESXi does let you configure which Virtual Machines will auto start on boot with set priorities. I don't know about the Citrix equivalent as I didn't test it much.

It's Xen but I pronounce it the way you spelled it.
Same feature applies to Hyper-V.
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I have had bad luck testing Xen Server, I use other citrix products but vmware has the best vm platform in my opinion. Nice auto boot with delays and shut down with delays. I hope you have those 50 VMs hosted across a bunch of servers, 50 on one server even if its a quad socket is asking for trouble if this is production setup.
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I hope you have those 50 VMs hosted across a bunch of servers, 50 on one server even if its a quad socket is asking for trouble if this is production setup.
I hope it's not production, the OP is using VirtualBox.
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