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Context: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 server with CHARON-AXP V4.8 installed, as4100/pluto guest running (not Tru64 and booted). Stop script created and customized, using the "rsh" method (see "VM management - Create/Edit guest stop script") with example provided in the kit.
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We can see above, the rsh utility has been used, did initiate a shutdown that was successfull. As the shutdown does not power off the virtual machine, when the Tru64 system does not respond to ping, the service is stopped.
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Editing the .service file allows you to specify the service description, the auto-restart settings, etc... For more, see "# man systemd.service"
With Linux systems not using systemd (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x), we would have to look into a log file defined in the stop script / output redirection. For more information, see "VM management - Create/Edit guest stop script".
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