Hi For some reason recent libvirt code (0.8.3 and even before) the 'virsh shutdown <domain> ' is not effective . It issues an ok message by the domians remains in a runnning state . Only th e destroy works fine. Any idea ? Zvi Dubitzky Email:dubi@xxxxxxxxxx -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list