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diff --git a/examples/guestfs-recipes.pod b/examples/guestfs-recipes.pod index 6683b151..2679b688 100644 --- a/examples/guestfs-recipes.pod +++ b/examples/guestfs-recipes.pod @@ -278,6 +278,35 @@ listing who was logged in recently L<http://augeas.net/> +=head1 Hanging guests + +There are various ways to use libguestfs to find out why a guest +is hanging or unresponsive: + +=over 4 + +=item 1. + +Read the log files using virt-cat: + + virt-cat Guest /var/log/messages | less + +=item 2. + +Read the Windows Event Log (Windows Vista or later only): + +L<https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/decoding-the-windows-event-log-using-guestfish/#content> + +=item 3. + +Find out which files were last updated in a guest: + +L<https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/using-libguestfs-to-find-out-why-a-windows-guest-was-hanging/#content> + +This might give you a clue as to what program is running. + +=back + =head1 Install RPMs in a guest The link below contains a method to install RPMs in a guest. In fact |