Arun: > I have been working on a script (kvminit) that starts and shuts down > Guest KVMs during HOST OS boot/shutdown. The setup is in a small I asked the same question on the CentOS-virt mailing list about using the virsh command to shutdown all guest VMs. That command is supposed to do a graceful shutdown of the guest. Someone responded with a script to use: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-virt/2009-November/001358.html And then another member did some housecleaning on the script: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-virt/2009-November/001383.html I hope this helps. Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, http://UnmeteredVPS.net Host Joomla!, Wordpress, phpBB, or vBulletin for $25/mo Unmetered bandwidth = no overage charges, 7 day free trial -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html