Run Script on Host After VM Start

[Spenzer4Hire]

Hi All,

I'm running OpenMediaVault inside a VM on Proxmox 2.3. I passed my PCI-e SAS card to OMV and it's working perfectly, except I get an option ROM error when SeaBIOS starts. If I "press any key to continue..." everything seems to work fine. I've looked into resolving the SeaBIOS error but haven't had much luck.

I need this VM to boot automatically because it is the iSCSI host for all the other VMs. I'm looking for a way to do a "qm sendkey" about 20 seconds after the VM starts. Is there a script on the host that executes when a VM starts? If so, I can use it to launch my own sendkey script. Since I'll be sending a benign keystroke, it's OK if the script runs each time any VM starts (not just OMV).

Thanks for any suggestions you can provide!

-Spencer

 

[spirit]

if you have a network card, you can try to hack /var/lib/qemu-server/pve-bridge, which is launched at vm start. (But I don't known if you do a "sleep 20", if the start process is waiting or not.