From: William Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] which VM do you recommend?
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 20:30:45 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51F90375.9060407@iinet.net.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51F8F7B4.7000805@libertytrek.org>
On 31/07/13 19:40, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 2013-07-30 8:30 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 06:36:57AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote
>>
>>> Side question...
>>>
>>> I want to run the vmware tools on my gentoo VM (so the host can safely
>>> power it down), but it also requires modules.
>>
>> Why do you need vmware tools? From the host, execute...
>>
>> ssh root@<guest> /sbin/poweroff
>
> Two reasons this isn't sufficient...
>
> 1. Extended power outage
>
> If my UPS sends a shutdown command to the host, I (obviously) want it to
> safely shutdown ALL running VMs.
>
> 2. Manual host shutdown
>
> I have my hosts configured so that if I press/release the power button,
> the host goes through a full power down process. I (obviously) want this
> process to also initiate safe shutdowns on all running VM's.
>
> I do not want to have to SSH in and manually run a command to
> uncooperative VM's first, I want to just be able to press/release the
> power button, and have the host safely shut down all running VMs, then
> itself.
>
>> ...or, if you have sys-power/hibernate-script installed, and want to
>> hibernate...
>
> This is a server. I always completely disable hibernation on servers
> (doesn't everyone?)...
>
Actually there are some good reasons to do it in certain cases,
especially on servers not up 24/7 (backup systems/cool standbys, fast
shutdown required, ...). You can bring systems down or online a lot
faster. Not everyone has/needs 24/7, or wants to pay the power bills
for running a machine that may have no users/work for over a weekend or
longer, but wants it up and running on demand.
BillK
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-31 12:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-30 6:45 [gentoo-user] which VM do you recommend? Helmut Jarausch
2013-07-30 8:11 ` Randolph Maaßen
2013-07-30 9:20 ` Helmut Jarausch
2013-07-30 9:49 ` Randolph Maaßen
2013-07-30 10:36 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-30 12:42 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-30 12:54 ` Kerin Millar
2013-07-31 0:30 ` Walter Dnes
2013-07-31 11:40 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-31 12:30 ` William Kenworthy [this message]
2013-08-01 1:40 ` Walter Dnes
2013-08-01 4:10 ` Walter Dnes
2013-07-30 8:20 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-30 9:28 ` Helmut Jarausch
2013-07-30 9:49 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-08-01 11:07 ` Mick
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