From: Archana Singh <archus(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt; By default on_crash is destory, and if vm crashed then '/var/run/libvirt/qemu/%s.pid is deleted on s390x which in turn throw exception. So having on_crash tag with restart solve the issue. Signed-off-by: Archana Singh <archus(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt; --- kvmusertests.py | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/kvmusertests.py b/kvmusertests.py index 567955a..a3fb273 100644 --- a/kvmusertests.py +++ b/kvmusertests.py @@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ class UserTests(object): <type arch='%(arch)s'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> + <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> + <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> + <on_crash>restart</on_crash> </domain>""" lock = threading.Lock() user = None -- 2.7.4