libvirt users - Jul 2013 - VM destroy faiing in 1.0.1

Hi,

Virsh destroy is always failing with below error.

[host:~]$ virsh destroy XYZ--2
error: Failed to destroy domain XYZ--2
error: Requested operation is not valid: domain is not running

[host:~]$ virsh list --all
Id    Name                           State
----------------------------------------------------
-     XYZ--2                       shut off

[host:~]$

host:~]$ libvirtd --version
libvirtd (libvirt) 1.0.1
[host:~]$

host:~]$ virsh version
Compiled against library: libvirt 1.0.1
Using library: libvirt 1.0.1
Using API: QEMU 1.0.1
Running hypervisor: QEMU 0.13.0

[host:~]$

same VM was working with older libvirt vrsion:
[host:~]$ virsh version
Compiled against library: libvir 0.8.7
Using library: libvir 0.8.7
Using API: QEMU 0.8.7
Running hypervisor: QEMU 0.13.0

[host:~]$

when we upgrade to latest libvirt version:1.0.1, VM destroy is failing.
Appreciate your help on this.

Thanks,
Chandrashekhar

Hi Chandrashekhar,
If you are looking to totally wipe out a domain (virtual machine) from your host
you are looking for the undefined which is the opposite of defining a domain.
The destroy command is like a hard power off of the domain.

[root@bv13-07 ~]# virsh help undefine
  NAME
    undefine - undefine a domain

  SYNOPSIS
    undefine <domain> [--managed-save] [<storage>]
[--remove-all-storage] [--wipe-storage] [--snapshots-metadata]

  DESCRIPTION
    Undefine an inactive domain, or convert persistent to transient.

From: libvirt-users-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:libvirt-users-bounces@redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Chandrashekhar Jamadarkhani (cjamadar)
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 10:02 PM
To: libvirt-users@redhat.com
Subject: [libvirt-users] VM destroy faiing in 1.0.1

Hi,

Virsh destroy is always failing with below error.

[host:~]$ virsh destroy XYZ--2
error: Failed to destroy domain XYZ--2
error: Requested operation is not valid: domain is not running

[host:~]$ virsh list --all
Id    Name                           State
----------------------------------------------------
-     XYZ--2                       shut off

[host:~]$

host:~]$ libvirtd --version
libvirtd (libvirt) 1.0.1
[host:~]$

host:~]$ virsh version
Compiled against library: libvirt 1.0.1
Using library: libvirt 1.0.1
Using API: QEMU 1.0.1
Running hypervisor: QEMU 0.13.0

[host:~]$

same VM was working with older libvirt vrsion:
[host:~]$ virsh version
Compiled against library: libvir 0.8.7
Using library: libvir 0.8.7
Using API: QEMU 0.8.7
Running hypervisor: QEMU 0.13.0

[host:~]$

when we upgrade to latest libvirt version:1.0.1, VM destroy is failing.
Appreciate your help on this.

Thanks,
Chandrashekhar

On 07/02/2013 11:02 PM, Chandrashekhar Jamadarkhani (cjamadar)
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Virsh destroy is always failing with below error.
> 
> [host:~]$ virsh destroy XYZ--2
> error: Failed to destroy domain XYZ--2
> error: Requested operation is not valid: domain is not running
You must ALWAYS be prepared for commands to fail because the guest has
changed states on its own.  Any guest can turn itself off before your
destroy request; this does not mean that destroy is broken.
> when we upgrade to latest libvirt version:1.0.1, VM destroy is failing.
Latest libvirt is 1.1.0, not 1.0.1.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

Hi Eric,

Thanks Eric for looking in to this.
>>You must ALWAYS be prepared for commands to fail because the guest has
changed states on its own.  Any guest can turn itself off before your destroy
request; this does not mean that destroy is broken.
I'm not saying vm_destroy is broken.  I'm handling the failure  of
vm_destroy. For the same VM, vm destroy is going  through in the older libvirt
version(0.8.7) and why it is always failing in the latest version of libvirt ?
anything wrong in my environment ?

host:~]$ virsh version
Compiled against library: libvir 0.8.7
Using library: libvir 0.8.7
Using API: QEMU 0.8.7
Running hypervisor: QEMU 0.13.0

[host:~]$

Thanks,
CJ

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Blake [mailto:eblake@redhat.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 7:34 PM
To: Chandrashekhar Jamadarkhani (cjamadar)
Cc: libvirt-users@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] VM destroy faiing in 1.0.1

On 07/02/2013 11:02 PM, Chandrashekhar Jamadarkhani (cjamadar)
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Virsh destroy is always failing with below error.
> 
> [host:~]$ virsh destroy XYZ--2
> error: Failed to destroy domain XYZ--2
> error: Requested operation is not valid: domain is not running
You must ALWAYS be prepared for commands to fail because the guest has changed
states on its own.  Any guest can turn itself off before your destroy request;
this does not mean that destroy is broken.
> when we upgrade to latest libvirt version:1.0.1, VM destroy is failing.
Latest libvirt is 1.1.0, not 1.0.1.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org