[rhelv6-beta-list] Unexpected consequence of "minimal" install. KVM VM's don't respond to "shut down" command

[James M Leddy]

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:25:01AM +1000, Justin Clift wrote:
> i.e. this doesn't work:
> 
>   $ virsh --connect qemu://somehost/system shutdown myvm
> 
> Instead, the SysAdmin for the server needs to either individually
> send a Control-Alt-Delete key sequence to each VM, or log in to them
> individually and issue the proper shutdown command.
> 
> Being as I'm really into automating systems, this was a surprise to
> me when I went to shut down a bunch of newly installed test VM's.
> 
> It doesn't appear to be documented in either the Installation nor
> Virtualisation Guides online.

Raise it as a bugzilla with product RHEL 6 and component
doc-Installation_Guide if you would like it added.

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James M. Leddy
Technical Account Manager
Red Hat Inc.