Thanks, Dmitry. I allocated memory within the host maximum. I've decided am going to add "xm create <VMname>" to our /etc/init.d/rc.local script to make sure this instance gets started on boot. Thanks for your note re KVM on RHEL 6. Best, -at _______________________________________________ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt