[libvirt-users] virsh reboot problem

[Peter Krempa]

On 08/28/12 13:59, Andreas Davour wrote:
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> I am trying to reboot my virtual machines, running virsh reboot. Then I get the following error:
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> error: this function is not supported by the connection driver: virDomainReboot
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> Searching around I get the impression this should be fixed by now, since the bugs I find are old and resolved. These are the versions I'm running.
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> Linux 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue May 10 15:42:40 EDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> libvirt-0.8.7-18.el6.x86_64
> qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.160.el6.x86_64

libvirt's qemu hypervisor driver supports virDomainReboot since v0.9.3. 
For reference please check: http://libvirt.org/hvsupport.html
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> I also have acpid in both the host and the guest.

Yes, acpid is needed for a graceful reboot, as the reboot procedure from 
the perspective of the guest looks like a acpi shutdown request and a 
new start. For a traditional reboot, you would require asistance of a 
guest agent.

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> Am I missing something?
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> Thanks.
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> /andreas
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>

Peter