I'm not quite sure what the problem is (although the problem is in xm_internal), but when you use xm_internal over remote, it sometimes doesn't initialize its internal cache correctly, so it thinks that there are no inactive domains. The fix is a one-liner which I hit upon by accident -- I don't really understand why it works: @@ -489,7 +487,7 @@ xenXMOpen (virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, const char *name ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, int flags ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) { - if (nconnections == 0) { + if (configCache == NULL) { configCache = virHashCreate(50); if (!configCache) return (-1); But the attached patch also adds proper error messages to xenXMConfigCacheRefresh too. Rich. -- Emerging Technologies, Red Hat - http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/ Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 03798903