After installing Virtio guest tools, VM pausing and shutting down?

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farfy

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I've a Windows 10 VM, been running no issues for over a year. Recently installed the VirtIO Guest Tools and ever since then, every morning my VM is paused. If I try to resume it, it simply powers off. I'm not sure where to even begin searching through logs to try to find out what is happening
 
farfy said:
I've a Windows 10 VM, been running no issues for over a year. Recently installed the VirtIO Guest Tools and ever since then, every morning my VM is paused. If I try to resume it, it simply powers off. I'm not sure where to even begin searching through logs to try to find out what is happening
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Try to disable autosleep and hibernation in then Win-VM.
 
Wich version do you
farfy said:
Thats the first thing i do when i make a windows VM, so unless the guest tools re-enabled it, they're off. Just confirmed, they're off
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Which version are you using? I'm currently using 0.1.271 and haven't ever encountered this issue in previous versions. Stupid question: Are you perhaps doing daily backups in suspend mode?
 
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0.1.271

Before installing, VM worked without issue for over a year

After installing, VM is paused and shuts down when attempting to resume
 
nope, no backups

no jobs run after hours, its just a VM with Win 10 installed, set to be always on

No interruptions, no shutdowns/reboots/power off unless I manually do it

Nothing at all that would interrupt the VM or pause it in any way shape or form
 
I should also say, I have a 2nd Win 10 VM that was created using the same ISO that DOES NOT have the guest tools installed. This one remains powered on without issue, so 100% the fault lies with the guest tools
 
Very strange. To narrow it down, I would first duplicate this VM for testing purposes and observe whether it exhibits the same behavior. Then install a fresh VM and observe it.
 
Backup your VM, deinstall virtio and take a look. Or backup your working VM, install virtio and verify.
 
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