diff --git a/watchdog/watchdog_common.cpp b/watchdog/watchdog_common.cpp
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+#include <libpdbg.h>
+
+#include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
+#include <sdbusplus/bus.hpp>
+#include <watchdog_common.hpp>
+#include <watchdog_logging.hpp>
+
+#include <map>
+
+namespace watchdog
+{
+namespace dump
+{
+
+using namespace phosphor::logging;
+
+void transitionHost(const std::string& target)
+{
+    constexpr auto systemdService = "org.freedesktop.systemd1";
+    constexpr auto systemdObjPath = "/org/freedesktop/systemd1";
+    constexpr auto systemdInterface = "org.freedesktop.systemd1.Manager";
+
+    auto bus = sdbusplus::bus::new_system();
+    auto method = bus.new_method_call(systemdService, systemdObjPath,
+                                      systemdInterface, "StartUnit");
+
+    method.append(target); // target unit to start
+    method.append("replace");
+
+    bus.call_noreply(method); // start the service
+}
+
+bool isAutoRebootEnabled()
+{
+    constexpr auto settingsService = "xyz.openbmc_project.Settings";
+    constexpr auto settingsPath =
+        "/xyz/openbmc_project/control/host0/auto_reboot";
+    constexpr auto settingsIntf = "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties";
+    constexpr auto rebootPolicy =
+        "xyz.openbmc_project.Control.Boot.RebootPolicy";
+
+    auto bus = sdbusplus::bus::new_system();
+    auto method =
+        bus.new_method_call(settingsService, settingsPath, settingsIntf, "Get");
+
+    method.append(rebootPolicy);
+    method.append("AutoReboot");
+
+    bool autoReboot = false;
+    try
+    {
+        auto reply = bus.call(method);
+        std::variant<bool> result;
+        reply.read(result);
+        autoReboot = std::get<bool>(result);
+    }
+    catch (const sdbusplus::exception::SdBusError& e)
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>("Error in AutoReboot Get", entry("ERROR=%s", e.what()));
+    }
+
+    return autoReboot;
+}
+
+} // namespace dump
+} // namespace watchdog