Re: [libvirt-users] quickest way to stop VM

On 08/13/2012 04:05 PM, Harish Patil wrote: > Hello > Which is the quickest way to stop KVM guest VM. I am not interested in > saving anything; I just have to make sure that VM apps are ended quickly. > i) virsh shutdown Depends on the guest honoring your request, which means it might not succeed at all. > ii) virsh suspend Doesn't actually stop the guest, just pauses it, so the KVM process is still around. > iii) virsh destroy Bingo. Kills the qemu process, and thus instantly frees the KVM resources. Use with care if you plan to restart things later (it is the same as yanking a power cord), but for a one-shot usage, this is what you want. > >> From little descriptions I have, looks like destroy is the fastest way and > acts like a removal of a power plug. > Pls let me know. You got it. -- Eric Blake eblake(a)redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org