Hi there,

don't know if something like this is already out there (hint ?),

wrote my own little script :

#!/bin/sh
TIMEOUT=60

kvmshutdown () {
COUNT=0
PID=$(ps ax|grep $1|grep kvm|cut -c 1-6)

echo kvmshutdown \: Shutting down $1 with pid $PID

virsh shutdown $1

while [ "$COUNT" -lt "$TIMEOUT" ]
do
  ps --pid $PID
#  echo pid $?
  if [ "$?" -eq "1" ]
  then
    return 0
  fi
  sleep 5
  COUNT=$(($COUNT+5))
done

echo kvmshutdown \: Timeout happend. Destroying VM $1

virsh destroy $1

return 1

}

# Here is the start of the main "program" :-)

virsh list|grep running|tr -s \ |cut -f3 -d\  > /tmp/runvm.lst

while read vm
do
  echo  $vm is running
  kvmshutdown $vm
  if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]
  then
    echo VM $vm normally shutdown
  else
    echo VM $vm destroyed !
  fi
done < /tmp/runvm.lst

 If you can improve the script : do it :-)

greetings

     joern