Re: Dead domains don't disappear from xm list

[Mike Wray <mike.wray@hpl.hp.com>]

Stephen Childs wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When a domain shuts down it seems to stay visible in the output of xm list
> (see below) even if I do an 'xm destroy'. Has something changed (they used
> to disappear just fine for me)? I am running Xen 2.0 (fairly up-to-date).
> 
> 
> Name              Id  Mem(MB)  CPU  State  Time(s)  Console
> Domain-0           0      395    0  r----   2377.2
> cagnode91-clone   10      199    2  -b---    138.9    9610
> cagnode92-clone    8      199    1  -b---    154.5    9608
> testce            18        0    1  ---s-     15.6    9618
> testce-clone      16        0    3  -b---    155.7    9616
> testce-clone-clone  17        0    0  ---s-     98.0    9617
> 

As you say, dead domains usually go away just fine.
If a domain doesn't disappear from the list, the usual
reason is that according to xen itself it still exists,
even though xend has tried to destroy it.
It's also possible there's a bug in xend.

Is there anything in /etc/log/xend.log?

(Only do this if your domains aren't important)
Do the zombie domains go away if you restart xend?

Mike



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