Re: VM status

[jd <jdsw2002-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

Thanks again... see below.

-- Dor Laor <dor.laor-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> >Hi
> >   How do I get status of a VM ? What states are
> >available ?
> >   running, stopped/paused, shutting down, blocked,
> >starting ?
> 
> For some of these states you'll need an agent
> running within the guest
> {starting, shutting down}. 
> 
With the agent on box, how does one go about doing it
? 

running : the process may be running but VM not.
starting/shutdown : anything in /proc/pid/stat ?


> Note that currently except for virt-manager/libvirt
> there is no open
> source management tool.
> 
> >
> >-- I want to know if the VM is paused or not. (via
> >monitor or any other means)
> 
> You can try the qemu-list, except for trying to
> ping/vnc a paused vm I
> don't know.
> >

This highlights the fact that some work needs to be
done at qemu/kvm level to make it managable. (NOT
necessarily at libvirt level).
(Anyone trying to slap an xmlrpc server to API called
by the qemu-monitor ?)

/Jd


> >Thanks
> >/Jd
> >
> >
> >
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