On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 9:10 AM, C. L. Martinez <carlopmart at gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Sven Kieske <s.kieske at mittwald.de> wrote: >> >> >> On 17/02/15 09:18, C. L. Martinez wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> How can I stop/disable a nic in a virtual guest using a virsh >>> command?? I am searching the same effect like if I unplug network >>> cable ... Is it possible?? I have tried with "detach-interface" >>> command without luck. I don't want to remove the nic from guest >>> configuration, only to stop the nic ... There's a qemu monitor command for that. You can pass it in through virsh: $ virsh qemu-monitor-command --hmp <instance name> 'set_link <nic name> off' Example: # virsh list Id Name State ---------------------------------------------------- 3 dwarf-00000039 running # virsh qemu-monitor-command --hmp dwarf-00000039 'info network' net0: index=0,type=nic,model=virtio-net-pci,macaddr=52:54:00:a8:85:ea \ hostnet0: index=0,type=tap,fd=24 # virsh qemu-monitor-command --hmp dwarf-00000039 'set_link net0 off' ...Juerg >> Depending on your network architecture you could just ifdown >> the vmnet, but this just works if you don't have multiple >> vms on one vmnet (which you shouldn't). >> >> HTH >> >> -- > > Ok, to do a ifdown of virtual bridge it seems the only option. > > Many thanks to all for your answers. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt