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Virtualization

virsh start / shutdown

CautionStart/stop KVM domains

virsh start <domain> / virsh shutdown <domain>

Starts and gracefully stops domains. 'destroy' is a power pull (not deletion!) — last resort.

Examples

  • virsh shutdown web01Graceful shutdown

Syntax

virsh start|shutdown|reboot|destroy <domain>

Before you run it

destroy equals yanking the power.

Related commands

The same reference, with no signal at all

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