[SOLVED] VM shutdown restults in timeout

andy77

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Hi everyone,

I have a problem with VM shutdowns, specificaly Windows Server 2016 VMs.
When I use the shutdown button in the Web UI, sometimes Server 2016 shuts down without issue, but other times Proxmox gets Error "TASK ERROR: VM quit/powerdown failed - got timeout".

After following this wiki article, it worked for most, but not for all:
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Acpi_kvm

Is there another option to check in Windows Server 2016, and why does the GPO Option work on most, but not on all?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

Regards
Andreas
 
Can a VM "harm" the Proxmox Nodes or other VMs, if the Guest Agent is activated?

* The design and function of the qemu-guest-agent is to run commands inside the VM, which are initiated by the hypervisor - see [0,1,2].
* In theory it is not meant to change the hypervisor, let alone other VMs in any way
* In practice complex pieces of software have bugs, which can lead to security-exploits (I guess this is what you mean with "harm") in certain cirumstances, this also applies to the qemu-guest-agent (see e.g. [3])

hope this helps


[0] https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Qemu-guest-agent
[1] https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/GuestAgent
[2] https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Qemu_guest_agent
[3] https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/22/4
 
Okay, thanks for your answer.

So if I always update the windows virtioserial driver and also the guest agent, there shouldn't really be problems, right?

Regards
Andreas
 
So if I always update the windows virtioserial driver and also the guest agent, there shouldn't really be problems, right?
usually an update to the newest stable version is a good idea.
That being said, there have been some occasions where windows versions work better with an older virtioserial driver

so generally speaking - do update, if it doesn't work as expected - maybe try an older stable release

hope this helps!
 

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