Re: [libvirt-users] SIGTERM signal to qemu-kvm process

On 08.04.2015 10:24, Jatin Davey wrote: > Hi > > I am using QEMU 0.12.1 as the hypervisor in my RHEL installation of 6.5. > > I wanted to know if there are any side-effects with respect to VM image > corruption when i use SIGTERM signal to kill a qemu-kvm process which > effectively stops my VM running on the host. It's equivalent to plugging the power cord from a computer. If you're using journaled FS, disks should be in consistent state, however you still may experience data loss. Moreover, I'd advice you to use virDomainDestroy() API (or 'virsh destroy'). Michal