On 13 January 2015 at 08:34, Robert Mustacchi via smartos-discuss < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > The KVM is immediately running. I assumed that I need to STOP this VM > BEFORE "dd'ing" the image into it. HOWEVER, when I try "vmadm stop UUID", > the vmadm command hangs and never returns to the command prompt. When I > Ctrl-C the command and then "vmadm list", I can see the VM with a state of > "stopping". > > > > Were you thinking that I would perform the "dd" of the RAW image > DIRECTLY into the running VM ZVOL? > > No, of course not. > > I would have set the autoboot property to false in the JSON and then > done the dd. vmadm stop by default tries to drop the ACPI based power > off and then waits a while before it forcibly stops it. Given that you > have nothing running in that guest, it's almost certainly not going to > have anything running that would listen to ACPI. > I've been wondering about that, as I've experience this "hang" and it can take a while to clear. I should have check the man page... Next time I have this issue I'll try investigate. How long is the default timer? Is there a way to manually set this it? Nicholas ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
