qvm-shutdown poorly handles large numbers of VMs

[andrewdavidwong]

Attempting to use qvm-shutdown on a large number of VMs (~40) results in many VMs being unnecessarily killed.

I can think of two options:

1. Increase the time before killing when qvm-shutdown is invoked on a large number of VMs.
2. Divide the total number of VMs-to-be-shutdown into smaller batches, then serially qvm-shutdown each batch.

[andrewdavidwong]

If the above options would be too much, how about a --wait-time option that lets the user specify the amount of time to wait in seconds?

So, if I know I'm shutting down an unusually large number of VMs, I could just do this:

qvm-shutdown --all --wait --wait-time=300

Then go drink a cup of tea.

[andrewdavidwong]

If the above options would be too much, how about a --wait-time option that lets the user specify the amount of time to wait in seconds?

So, if I know I'm shutting down an unusually large number of VMs, I could just do this:

qvm-shutdown --all --wait --wait-time=300

Then go drink a cup of tea.

[marmarek]

Automated announcement from builder-github

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[marmarek]

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The package qubes-core-dom0-3.1.8-1.fc20 has been pushed to the r3.1 testing repository for dom0.
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[marmarek]

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The package qubes-core-dom0-3.1.10-1.fc20 has been pushed to the r3.1 stable repository for dom0.
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[marmarek]

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The package qubes-core-dom0-3.1.10-1.fc20 has been pushed to the r3.1 stable repository for dom0.
To install this update, please use the standard update command:

sudo qubes-dom0-update

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[andrewdavidwong]

The new option works great, but thankfully it's not even necessary anymore, since VMs shut down much faster now. Thanks, @marmarek! :)

[andrewdavidwong]

The new option works great, but thankfully it's not even necessary anymore, since VMs shut down much faster now. Thanks, @marmarek! :)