how to use "virsh shutdown domain --mode [initctl|signal|paravirt) ?

[Peter Krempa]

On Wed, Jun 01, 2022 at 12:05:58 +0200, Lentes, Bernd wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> ocasionally my Virtual Domains running on a pacmekaer cluster don't shutdown, although beeing told to do it.
> "virsh help shutdown" says:
>  ...
> --mode <string>  shutdown mode: acpi|agent|initctl|signal|paravirt
> 
> How is it possible to use initctl or signal or paravirt ?
> What do i have to do ? What are the prerequisites ?

I presume you use qemu/kvm as virt, right? In such case only 'acpi' and
'agent' are available.

'initctl'/'signal' is meant for LXC containers, and
'paravirt' is a mode available for the XEN hypervisor