Are you having this problem on Windows or Linux VMs? I don't have this issue with Linux VMs (provided I installed them with the virtio drivers). However, on a Windows VM there is an extra step that I do to make it work:
Start>Run: gpedit.msc Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options\Shutdown: Allow system to be shut down without having to log on -Kenny 2011/5/13 Laurent Léonard <[email protected]>: > Le vendredi 13 mai 2011 13:33:54, Bruno Lamps a écrit : >> Hi, >> >> As you may have noticed, I'm writing some simple backup scripts to my KVM >> vms. Because my production server runs libvirt 0.7.5, I'm not able to use >> virsh save, there's some sort of bug that make the VM to not always >> shutdown. >> So I do my backups shuting down the systems and then copying que raw image >> and the .xml file. To do so, I run "virsh shutdown VMname". For some >> reason, it doesn't works all the time, so my script currently waits 10 >> mintues to run "virsh destroy VMname", to be sure that the VM isn't >> running and then copy it's files. >> >> Why "virsh shutdown" isn't working for me everytime? Is there any VM log >> where I can discover the reason? =] > > "virsh shutdown" sends an ACPI shutdown call to the virtual machine. If it > never worked for one or more virtual machines, check that the guest systems > correctly handle ACPI shutdown calls. > >> Can "virsh destroy" damage VMs easily? > > Avoid it if you can, it has the same effect as if you unplug the power cord > for > a physical machine... > > -- > Laurent Léonard > > _______________________________________________ > virt-tools-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list > _______________________________________________ virt-tools-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list
