Re: [libvirt] virsh shutdown
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:26:03AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
On 04/13/2011 12:56 AM, Zvi Dubitzky wrote:
> Hi
> For some reason recent libvirt code (0.8.3 and even before) the 'virsh
> shutdown <domain> ' is not effective .
> It issues an ok message by the domians remains in a runnning state . Only
> th e destroy works fine.
>
> Any idea ?
'virsh shutdown' is wired to cause qemu to send an ACPI shutdown signal
to the guest, which is more or less advisory. If the guest doesn't
react to that, then there's nothing that shutdown can do; virsh prints
the ok message if qemu successfully sent the ACPI signal, even if the
guest ignores the signal. Have you checked that your guests can react
to ACPI shutdown requests?
Agreed with Eric, specifically you need <acpi/> in the <features>
section of your guest XML and you need the guest OS configured to
respond, in Linux guests that typically means running acpid.
Dave