Hi Brett, > I could write some scripts to replace xm which could check for the existence > of a lock file before attempting to start a VM but that seems a bit clunky. > > Is there a proper way to do this? > A thread on the topic from the Xen mailing list: http://xen.markmail.org/search/?q=device+lock#query:device lock+page:1+mid:ouugxur56hqikqty+state:results Cheers, Todd -- Todd Deshane http://todddeshane.net check out our book: http://runningxen.com