Hi Thomas, No, it is not possible. All VM's interactions (start, stop, reboot, etc) are performed by the Engine application (ovirt-engine service). Marcos -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Leitner <tommifinance(a)gmail.com&gt; Sent: Monday, August 26, 2024 8:29 AM To: users(a)ovirt.org Subject: [External] : [ovirt-users] Fallback Method to Start a VM if oVirt Engine is Offline Hello, Is there a way to start a VM directly from the KVM host if the oVirt Engine is down or temporarily unavailable due to network issues or other reasons? thanks for any advice. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org Privacy Statement: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html__;!... oVirt Code of Conduct: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/communi... List Archives: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@o...