Disabling VM Auto-start from recovery mode

[flotueur]

Hi team,

Due to a mistake configuring my VM, TrueNas Scale is now refusing to boot.
This is because my system disk is on a USB drive and I shared the USB controller it sits on with my VM.
Now, everytime TrueNAS starts, it kicks in the VM, set as Auto start and throw the following error message:

I have a plan on how to solve this strategically (go SSD!) but i would like to not have to reinstall TrueNAS.

Is there a way to simple disable the VM autostart from the recovery mode CLI?
I believe these must be a configuration file I can edit with VI? What is the path?

Regards,
Florian

 

[flotueur]

False alarm - I updated the configuration in the SQLITE database using some of those tips: https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/unable-to-delete-vm.102716/

Basically:
1. Reboot in recovery mode
2. List the VMs using sqlite3 on the wm_wm table
3. Update the autostart flag to 0

The system is back up and running and i am happy!
I hope this helps someone!

 

[HoneyBadger]

@flotueur

Glad to hear you've managed to break the boot-loop cycle and restore operations; and thank you for documenting the steps you took for recovery for anyone in the future who might be stuck in a similar situation. I'll see if we can get this into a more easily searchable document!

 

[Nicholas Flamy]

I can't use the CLI with a keyboard plugged into the server because I passed through the USB controller to the VM and it auto starts. My network config is screwed up so I was gonna fix it but I can't.

 

[Nicholas Flamy]

I can't use the CLI with a keyboard plugged into the server because I passed through the USB controller to the VM and it auto starts. My network config is screwed up so I was gonna fix it but I can't.

I'm gonna either see if I can blindly shut down the VM (MacOS) or disable virtualizatiin in the BIOS so that the VM won't start.