On Fri, Apr 01, 2022 at 11:12:50AM -0400, jonetsu wrote: > guest : % shutdown now > host : Domain creation completed. > host : Restarting guest. > (virt-manager shows the guest restarting) Try passing --no-reboot to virt-install. > host : % virsh shutdown test02 > (nothing happens, guest still shown) If the guest OS is fully booted up at this point, you should be able to initiate a clean shutdown from the host. If that doesn't work, make sure your VM configuration contains <domain> ... <features> <acpi/> </features> ... <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> ... </domain> and that there is some software running in the guest that will process the ACPI event appropriately. systemd will usually take care of that part. -- Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization