Re: how to use "virsh shutdown domain --mode [initctl|signal|paravirt) ?

On Wed, Jun 01, 2022 at 12:05:58 +0200, Lentes, Bernd wrote: > Hi, > > ocasionally my Virtual Domains running on a pacmekaer cluster don't shutdown, > although beeing told to do it. > "virsh help shutdown" says: > ... > --mode <string> shutdown mode: acpi|agent|initctl|signal|paravirt > > How is it possible to use initctl or signal or paravirt ? > What do i have to do ? What are the prerequisites ? I presume you use qemu/kvm as virt, right?

In such case only 'acpi' and 'agent' are available.

'initctl'/'signal' is meant for LXC containers, and 'paravirt' is a mode available for the XEN hypervisor