systemctl list-unit-files | egrep xen proc-xen.mount static var-lib-xenstored.mount static xen-dom0-modules.service disabled xen-init-dom0.service enabled xen-qemu-dom0-disk-backend.service enabled xen-watchdog.service disabled xencommons.service enabled xenconsoled.service enabled ??? xendomains.service disabled xendriverdomain.service disabled xenstored.service enabled systemctl enable xendomains shutdown -r now ... xl list Name ID Mem VCPUs State Time(s) Domain-0 0 4096 1 r----- 51.7 test 1 2049 1 -b---- 16.2 Simple enought to fix. Why xendomains.service -- was disabled by the upgrade process -- isn't (re)enabled by the (re)install/upgrade is a question