[opensuse-virtual] Xen Windows guest shutdown just destroys the machine instead of a neat os shutdown?
Hi All, We have a question about shutting down a Windows guest running on SLES 10 (SP1 & SP2) using xm commands and/or scripts. When a ' xm shutdown <vm name>' is given on a Linux guest it shuts down nicely. Doing the same on a Windows guest just results in a (hard) power off for the guest. Is there some extra configuration that needs to be done on the Xen host or Windows guest for this to work correctly? Thanks for your thoughts! Kind Regards, Wj -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 22:25 +0200, Willem Meens wrote:
Hi All,
We have a question about shutting down a Windows guest running on SLES 10 (SP1 & SP2) using xm commands and/or scripts.
When a ' xm shutdown <vm name>' is given on a Linux guest it shuts down nicely. Doing the same on a Windows guest just results in a (hard) power off for the guest. Is there some extra configuration that needs to be done on the Xen host or Windows guest for this to work correctly?
This is a pretty common topic on the xen users mailing list: http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users You might want to look at the archives there. Basically it's still very much under development, but I believe you're looking for the drivers found below. I strongly advise you to read the wiki and test these on a test machine first! As a reminder, the wiki page is http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads HTH, James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+help@opensuse.org
Hi James, Thanks for you quick and informative answer! I would have thought this to be a more common issue but hadn't found any specific info on how to deal with it. Guess I now asked in the correct place! ;) I'll have a go with this in our test environment. Cheers, Wj On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 21:08 -0400, James Pifer wrote:
On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 22:25 +0200, Willem Meens wrote:
Hi All,
We have a question about shutting down a Windows guest running on SLES 10 (SP1 & SP2) using xm commands and/or scripts.
When a ' xm shutdown <vm name>' is given on a Linux guest it shuts down nicely. Doing the same on a Windows guest just results in a (hard) power off for the guest. Is there some extra configuration that needs to be done on the Xen host or Windows guest for this to work correctly?
This is a pretty common topic on the xen users mailing list: http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
You might want to look at the archives there. Basically it's still very much under development, but I believe you're looking for the drivers found below. I strongly advise you to read the wiki and test these on a test machine first!
As a reminder, the wiki page is http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv
http://www.meadowcourt.org/downloads
HTH, James
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