On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 02:05:26PM -0400, Kevin wrote:
> Hey gang,
>
> Have some VMs that take longer than the 30 seconds to shutdown that's
> defined in vmd.h
>
> #define VM_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT 30
>
> The VMs in question all have multiple disks and tons of files that
> httpd has a proper kung-fu grip on, so...
>
> when you issue
>
>     vmctl stop 23
>
> VMD gives up waiting for the VM to shut down and just kills it anyway...
>
> which just leads to tears and a painfully long ass fsck.
>
> I seem to remember there's a knob -- somewhere -- that lets you define
> how long VMD should wait, but I sure can't find the damned thing.
>
> Anyone know where this knob lives?
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
>

if we were to change it (not saying we will), how much time do you propose?

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