How to Restoring an unresponsive VM

The following steps will help you revive an un-responsive KVM on your linux work station....



fixing an unresponsive VM.....

1. Launch a terminal from the linux session... and logon using sudo
2. make sure the VM file is running.. by running
#virsh list --all
3. If the VM is not listed under the running VMs, then go to /etc/libvirt/qemu and check if xml file for the affected VM is there
4. check /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/save/ for a copy of the affected vm (vm_name.save) and delete it
5. run virsh start (vm_name)


This five short steps can help you save your VM...

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