If the xentools are installed and running in the guest OS it should detect the shutdown sent via XAPI.
On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 6:58 PM, Yiping Zhang <yzh...@marketo.com> wrote: > We are using XenServers with our CloudStack instances. > > On 6/6/18, 3:11 PM, "Jean-Francois Nadeau" <the.jfnad...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On KVM, AFAIK the shutdown is the equivalent of pressing the power > button. To get the Linux OS to catch this and initiate a clean > shutdown, > you need the ACPID service running in the guest OS. > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 6:01 PM, Yiping Zhang <yzh...@marketo.com> > wrote: > > > Hi, all: > > > > We have a few VM instances which will hang when issue a Stop command > from > > CloudStack web UI or thru API calls, due to the app’s own > startup/stop > > script in guest OS was not properly invoked. The app’s startup/stop > script > > works properly if we issue shutdown/reboot command in guest OS > directly. > > > > Hence here is my question: when CloudStack tries to stop a running > VM > > instance, what is the exact command it sends to VM to stop it, with > or > > without forced flag? What are the interactions between the > CloudStack, the > > hypervisor and the guest VM? > > > > Yiping > > > > >
