I have 58 active domains with status running, and 62 qemu-system-x86_64 processes. After investigating this issue, i found problem domains. How to fix this issue and not lost this qemu processes? ps auxww: root 29561 0.2 0.2 1599628 743796 ? Sl Aug13 224:44 qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -name 29953 -S -machine pc-i440fx-1.7,accel=kvm,usb=off -m 1024 -realtime mlock=off -smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid 7ca8e593-29f7-6389-9b35-000071cc3e1e -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/29953.monitor,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown -boot strict=on -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,num_queues=1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6 -drive file=/dev/vg3/29953,if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,format=raw,cache=none,discard=unmap,aio=native,iops=5000 -device scsi-hd,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=0,drive=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,id=scsi0-0-0-0,bootindex=1 -drive if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw -device scsi-cd,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=1,lun=0,drive=drive-scsi0-0-1-0,id=scsi0-0-1-0 -netdev tap,fd=353,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=354 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:00:40:25,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3,rombar=0 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/29953.agent,server,nowait -device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=1,chardev=charchannel0,id=channel0,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0 -device usb-mouse,id=input0 -device usb-kbd,id=input1 -vnc [::]:23,password -device VGA,id=video0,vgamem_mb=16,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 -object rng-random,id=objrng0,filename=/dev/random -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=objrng0,id=rng0,max-bytes=1024,period=2000,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 -msg timestamp=on libvirt log contains: 2015-10-13 06:52:05.504+0000: starting up libvirt version: 1.2.16, qemu version: 2.3.0 (Debian 2.3.0-2+0~20150518103251.26+wheezy~1.gbp820cc6) LC_ALL=C PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin HOME=/root USER=root LOGNAME=root QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=none /usr/bin/kvm -name 29953 -S -machine pc-i440fx-1.7,accel=kvm,usb=off -m 1024 -realtime mlock=off -smp 1,sockets=1,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid 7ca8e593-29f7-6389-9b35-000071cc3e1e -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/29953.monitor,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown -boot strict=on -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0,num_queues=1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6 -drive file=/dev/vg3/29953,if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,format=raw,cache=none,discard=unmap,aio=native,iops=5000 -device scsi-hd,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=0,lun=0,drive=drive-scsi0-0-0-0,id=scsi0-0-0-0,bootindex=1 -drive if=none,id=drive-scsi0-0-1-0,readonly=on,format=raw -device scsi-cd,bus=scsi0.0,channel=0,scsi-id=1,lun=0,drive=drive-scsi0-0-1-0,id=scsi0-0-1-0 -netdev tap,fd=92,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=109 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:00:40:25,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3,rombar=0 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/29953.agent,server,nowait -device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=1,chardev=charchannel0,id=channel0,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0 -device usb-mouse,id=input0 -device usb-kbd,id=input1 -vnc [::]:46,password -device VGA,id=video0,vgamem_mb=16,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5 -object rng-random,id=objrng0,filename=/dev/random -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=objrng0,id=rng0,max-bytes=1024,period=2000,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7 -msg timestamp=on Domain id=3262 is tainted: high-privileges char device redirected to /dev/pts/45 (label charserial0) qemu: terminating on signal 15 from pid 14945 2015-10-14 19:32:06.672+0000: shutting down -- Vasiliy Tolstov, e-mail: v.tolstov@xxxxxxxxx -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list