Gracefully shutting down a virtual machine | LinuC Level 1 101 Exam original practice question

1.01.2Basic

Request a normal OS shutdown from the running domain vm1.

Which command is appropriate?

Hint 1: Focus on the requirement

Choose the operation that asks the guest operating system to shut down normally.

Hint 2: Key terms

Review the short definitions before comparing the virtualization or lifecycle choices.

virsh shutdown: A virsh command that sends a normal shutdown request to a guest.
Graceful shutdown: An orderly guest stop that allows services and filesystems to finish safely.
virsh destroy: A virsh command that stops a domain as if its virtual power were removed.

Detailed explanation

Correctvirsh shutdown vm1

Correct. virsh shutdown vm1 requests a normal guest shutdown.

Incorrectvirsh undefine vm1

Incorrect. undefine removes the domain definition and is unrelated to a normal shutdown.

Incorrectvirsh suspend vm1

Incorrect. suspend pauses the domain rather than shutting it down.

Incorrectvirsh reset vm1

Incorrect. reset is a reset operation, not the graceful shutdown request.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

virsh help shutdown 2>/dev/null | head -n 8 || true

virshがある場合はshutdownのhelp。停止要求は送らない

Foundation review

A normal shutdown may take time and depends on guest support, while suspend and reset produce different states.

Wait for the domain state to change and use a forced stop only when the guest cannot respond.

Question IDKL-101-331

Environmentvirsh helpのみ

Last technical review2026-08-13

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