https://thebin.net/tags/shutdown/Recent content in Shutdown on the binHugoen-USMon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://thebin.net/2012/02/kvm-guests-graceful-shutdown/Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://thebin.net/2012/02/kvm-guests-graceful-shutdown/<p>So a fairly trivial (but critical) aspect of using KVM is of course performing graceful shutdowns of your domains, without having to reach inside of the guest to perform the shutdown.  Now when it comes to turning off your guests you have two ways of proceeding (with virsh)…</p> <div class="codeblock" data-lang="bash"> <div class="codeblock__bar"> <span class="codeblock__lang">bash</span> <button type="button" class="codeblock__copy" aria-label="Copy code"> <span class="codeblock__copy-label">Copy</span> </button> </div> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">virsh destroy vmname</span></span></code></pre></div> </div> <p>Which is a HARD power off of your guest.  This is the same as pulling the power cord from the wall, nothing is shutdown, but the noise stops just the same.  This method can result in data corruption if writes are interrupted.</p>