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1                    QEMU Machine Protocol Events
2                    ============================
4 ACPI_DEVICE_OST
5 ---------------
7 Emitted when guest executes ACPI _OST method.
9  - data: ACPIOSTInfo type as described in qapi-schema.json
11 { "event": "ACPI_DEVICE_OST",
12      "data": { "device": "d1", "slot": "0", "slot-type": "DIMM", "source": 1, "status": 0 } }
14 BALLOON_CHANGE
15 --------------
17 Emitted when the guest changes the actual BALLOON level. This
18 value is equivalent to the 'actual' field return by the
19 'query-balloon' command
21 Data:
23 - "actual": actual level of the guest memory balloon in bytes (json-number)
25 Example:
27 { "event": "BALLOON_CHANGE",
28     "data": { "actual": 944766976 },
29     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267020223, "microseconds": 435656 } }
31 Note: this event is rate-limited.
33 BLOCK_IMAGE_CORRUPTED
34 ---------------------
36 Emitted when a disk image is being marked corrupt. The image can be
37 identified by its device or node name. The 'device' field is always
38 present for compatibility reasons, but it can be empty ("") if the
39 image does not have a device name associated.
41 Data:
43 - "device":    Device name (json-string)
44 - "node-name": Node name (json-string, optional)
45 - "msg":       Informative message (e.g., reason for the corruption)
46                (json-string)
47 - "offset":    If the corruption resulted from an image access, this
48                is the host's access offset into the image
49                (json-int, optional)
50 - "size":      If the corruption resulted from an image access, this
51                is the access size (json-int, optional)
53 Example:
55 { "event": "BLOCK_IMAGE_CORRUPTED",
56     "data": { "device": "ide0-hd0", "node-name": "node0",
57         "msg": "Prevented active L1 table overwrite", "offset": 196608,
58         "size": 65536 },
59     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1378126126, "microseconds": 966463 } }
61 BLOCK_IO_ERROR
62 --------------
64 Emitted when a disk I/O error occurs.
66 Data:
68 - "device": device name (json-string)
69 - "operation": I/O operation (json-string, "read" or "write")
70 - "action": action that has been taken, it's one of the following (json-string):
71     "ignore": error has been ignored
72     "report": error has been reported to the device
73     "stop": the VM is going to stop because of the error
75 Example:
77 { "event": "BLOCK_IO_ERROR",
78     "data": { "device": "ide0-hd1",
79               "operation": "write",
80               "action": "stop" },
81     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
83 Note: If action is "stop", a STOP event will eventually follow the
84 BLOCK_IO_ERROR event.
86 BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED
87 -------------------
89 Emitted when a block job has been cancelled.
91 Data:
93 - "type":     Job type (json-string; "stream" for image streaming
94                                      "commit" for block commit)
95 - "device":   Device name (json-string)
96 - "len":      Maximum progress value (json-int)
97 - "offset":   Current progress value (json-int)
98               On success this is equal to len.
99               On failure this is less than len.
100 - "speed":    Rate limit, bytes per second (json-int)
102 Example:
104 { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_CANCELLED",
105      "data": { "type": "stream", "device": "virtio-disk0",
106                "len": 10737418240, "offset": 134217728,
107                "speed": 0 },
108      "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267061043, "microseconds": 959568 } }
110 BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED
111 -------------------
113 Emitted when a block job has completed.
115 Data:
117 - "type":     Job type (json-string; "stream" for image streaming
118                                      "commit" for block commit)
119 - "device":   Device name (json-string)
120 - "len":      Maximum progress value (json-int)
121 - "offset":   Current progress value (json-int)
122               On success this is equal to len.
123               On failure this is less than len.
124 - "speed":    Rate limit, bytes per second (json-int)
125 - "error":    Error message (json-string, optional)
126               Only present on failure.  This field contains a human-readable
127               error message.  There are no semantics other than that streaming
128               has failed and clients should not try to interpret the error
129               string.
131 Example:
133 { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED",
134      "data": { "type": "stream", "device": "virtio-disk0",
135                "len": 10737418240, "offset": 10737418240,
136                "speed": 0 },
137      "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267061043, "microseconds": 959568 } }
139 BLOCK_JOB_ERROR
140 ---------------
142 Emitted when a block job encounters an error.
144 Data:
146 - "device": device name (json-string)
147 - "operation": I/O operation (json-string, "read" or "write")
148 - "action": action that has been taken, it's one of the following (json-string):
149     "ignore": error has been ignored, the job may fail later
150     "report": error will be reported and the job canceled
151     "stop": error caused job to be paused
153 Example:
155 { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_ERROR",
156     "data": { "device": "ide0-hd1",
157               "operation": "write",
158               "action": "stop" },
159     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
161 BLOCK_JOB_READY
162 ---------------
164 Emitted when a block job is ready to complete.
166 Data:
168 - "type":     Job type (json-string; "stream" for image streaming
169                                      "commit" for block commit)
170 - "device":   Device name (json-string)
171 - "len":      Maximum progress value (json-int)
172 - "offset":   Current progress value (json-int)
173               On success this is equal to len.
174               On failure this is less than len.
175 - "speed":    Rate limit, bytes per second (json-int)
177 Example:
179 { "event": "BLOCK_JOB_READY",
180     "data": { "device": "drive0", "type": "mirror", "speed": 0,
181               "len": 2097152, "offset": 2097152 }
182     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
184 Note: The "ready to complete" status is always reset by a BLOCK_JOB_ERROR
185 event.
187 DEVICE_DELETED
188 --------------
190 Emitted whenever the device removal completion is acknowledged
191 by the guest.
192 At this point, it's safe to reuse the specified device ID.
193 Device removal can be initiated by the guest or by HMP/QMP commands.
195 Data:
197 - "device": device name (json-string, optional)
198 - "path": device path (json-string)
200 { "event": "DEVICE_DELETED",
201   "data": { "device": "virtio-net-pci-0",
202             "path": "/machine/peripheral/virtio-net-pci-0" },
203   "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
205 DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED
206 -----------------
208 It's emitted whenever the tray of a removable device is moved by the guest
209 or by HMP/QMP commands.
211 Data:
213 - "device": device name (json-string)
214 - "tray-open": true if the tray has been opened or false if it has been closed
215                (json-bool)
217 { "event": "DEVICE_TRAY_MOVED",
218   "data": { "device": "ide1-cd0",
219             "tray-open": true
220   },
221   "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
223 DUMP_COMPLETED
224 --------------
226 Emitted when the guest has finished one memory dump.
228 Data:
230 - "result": DumpQueryResult type described in qapi-schema.json
231 - "error": Error message when dump failed. This is only a
232   human-readable string provided when dump failed. It should not be
233   parsed in any way (json-string, optional)
235 Example:
237 { "event": "DUMP_COMPLETED",
238   "data": {"result": {"total": 1090650112, "status": "completed",
239                       "completed": 1090650112} } }
241 GUEST_PANICKED
242 --------------
244 Emitted when guest OS panic is detected.
246 Data:
248 - "action": Action that has been taken (json-string, currently always "pause").
250 Example:
252 { "event": "GUEST_PANICKED",
253      "data": { "action": "pause" } }
255 MEM_UNPLUG_ERROR
256 --------------------
257 Emitted when memory hot unplug error occurs.
259 Data:
261 - "device": device name (json-string)
262 - "msg": Informative message (e.g., reason for the error) (json-string)
264 Example:
266 { "event": "MEM_UNPLUG_ERROR"
267   "data": { "device": "dimm1",
268             "msg": "acpi: device unplug for unsupported device"
269   },
270   "timestamp": { "seconds": 1265044230, "microseconds": 450486 } }
272 NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED
273 ---------------------
275 The event is emitted once until the query command is executed,
276 the first event will always be emitted.
278 Data:
280 - "name": net client name (json-string)
281 - "path": device path (json-string)
283 { "event": "NIC_RX_FILTER_CHANGED",
284   "data": { "name": "vnet0",
285             "path": "/machine/peripheral/vnet0/virtio-backend" },
286   "timestamp": { "seconds": 1368697518, "microseconds": 326866 } }
289 POWERDOWN
290 ---------
292 Emitted when the Virtual Machine is powered down through the power
293 control system, such as via ACPI.
295 Data: None.
297 Example:
299 { "event": "POWERDOWN",
300     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267040730, "microseconds": 682951 } }
302 QUORUM_FAILURE
303 --------------
305 Emitted by the Quorum block driver if it fails to establish a quorum.
307 Data:
309 - "reference":     device name if defined else node name.
310 - "sector-num":    Number of the first sector of the failed read operation.
311 - "sectors-count": Failed read operation sector count.
313 Example:
315 { "event": "QUORUM_FAILURE",
316      "data": { "reference": "usr1", "sector-num": 345435, "sectors-count": 5 },
317      "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344522075, "microseconds": 745528 } }
319 Note: this event is rate-limited.
321 QUORUM_REPORT_BAD
322 -----------------
324 Emitted to report a corruption of a Quorum file.
326 Data:
328 - "type":          Quorum operation type
329 - "error":         Error message (json-string, optional)
330                    Only present on failure.  This field contains a human-readable
331                    error message.  There are no semantics other than that the
332                    block layer reported an error and clients should not try to
333                    interpret the error string.
334 - "node-name":     The graph node name of the block driver state.
335 - "sector-num":    Number of the first sector of the failed read operation.
336 - "sectors-count": Failed read operation sector count.
338 Example:
340 Read operation:
341 { "event": "QUORUM_REPORT_BAD",
342      "data": { "node-name": "node0", "sector-num": 345435, "sectors-count": 5,
343                "type": "read" },
344      "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344522075, "microseconds": 745528 } }
346 Flush operation:
347 { "event": "QUORUM_REPORT_BAD",
348      "data": { "node-name": "node0", "sector-num": 0, "sectors-count": 2097120,
349                "type": "flush", "error": "Broken pipe" },
350      "timestamp": { "seconds": 1456406829, "microseconds": 291763 } }
352 Note: this event is rate-limited.
354 RESET
355 -----
357 Emitted when the Virtual Machine is reset.
359 Data: None.
361 Example:
363 { "event": "RESET",
364     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267041653, "microseconds": 9518 } }
366 RESUME
367 ------
369 Emitted when the Virtual Machine resumes execution.
371 Data: None.
373 Example:
375 { "event": "RESUME",
376     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1271770767, "microseconds": 582542 } }
378 RTC_CHANGE
379 ----------
381 Emitted when the guest changes the RTC time.
383 Data:
385 - "offset": Offset between base RTC clock (as specified by -rtc base), and
386 new RTC clock value (json-number)
388 Example:
390 { "event": "RTC_CHANGE",
391     "data": { "offset": 78 },
392     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267020223, "microseconds": 435656 } }
394 Note: this event is rate-limited.
396 SHUTDOWN
397 --------
399 Emitted when the Virtual Machine has shut down, indicating that qemu
400 is about to exit.
402 Data: None.
404 Example:
406 { "event": "SHUTDOWN",
407     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267040730, "microseconds": 682951 } }
409 Note: If the command-line option "-no-shutdown" has been specified, a STOP
410 event will eventually follow the SHUTDOWN event.
412 SPICE_CONNECTED
413 ---------------
415 Emitted when a SPICE client connects.
417 Data:
419 - "server": Server information (json-object)
420   - "host": IP address (json-string)
421   - "port": port number (json-string)
422   - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
423 - "client": Client information (json-object)
424   - "host": IP address (json-string)
425   - "port": port number (json-string)
426   - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
428 Example:
430 { "timestamp": {"seconds": 1290688046, "microseconds": 388707},
431   "event": "SPICE_CONNECTED",
432   "data": {
433     "server": { "port": "5920", "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"},
434     "client": {"port": "52873", "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"}
437 SPICE_DISCONNECTED
438 ------------------
440 Emitted when a SPICE client disconnects.
442 Data:
444 - "server": Server information (json-object)
445   - "host": IP address (json-string)
446   - "port": port number (json-string)
447   - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
448 - "client": Client information (json-object)
449   - "host": IP address (json-string)
450   - "port": port number (json-string)
451   - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
453 Example:
455 { "timestamp": {"seconds": 1290688046, "microseconds": 388707},
456   "event": "SPICE_DISCONNECTED",
457   "data": {
458     "server": { "port": "5920", "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"},
459     "client": {"port": "52873", "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"}
462 SPICE_INITIALIZED
463 -----------------
465 Emitted after initial handshake and authentication takes place (if any)
466 and the SPICE channel is up and running
468 Data:
470 - "server": Server information (json-object)
471   - "host": IP address (json-string)
472   - "port": port number (json-string)
473   - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
474   - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional)
475 - "client": Client information (json-object)
476   - "host": IP address (json-string)
477   - "port": port number (json-string)
478   - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
479   - "connection-id": spice connection id.  All channels with the same id
480                      belong to the same spice session (json-int)
481   - "channel-type": channel type.  "1" is the main control channel, filter for
482                     this one if you want track spice sessions only (json-int)
483   - "channel-id": channel id.  Usually "0", might be different needed when
484                   multiple channels of the same type exist, such as multiple
485                   display channels in a multihead setup (json-int)
486   - "tls": whevener the channel is encrypted (json-bool)
488 Example:
490 { "timestamp": {"seconds": 1290688046, "microseconds": 417172},
491   "event": "SPICE_INITIALIZED",
492   "data": {"server": {"auth": "spice", "port": "5921",
493                       "family": "ipv4", "host": "127.0.0.1"},
494            "client": {"port": "49004", "family": "ipv4", "channel-type": 3,
495                       "connection-id": 1804289383, "host": "127.0.0.1",
496                       "channel-id": 0, "tls": true}
499 SPICE_MIGRATE_COMPLETED
500 -----------------------
502 Emitted when SPICE migration has completed
504 Data: None.
506 Example:
508 { "timestamp": {"seconds": 1290688046, "microseconds": 417172},
509   "event": "SPICE_MIGRATE_COMPLETED" }
511 MIGRATION
512 ---------
514 Emitted when a migration event happens
516 Data: None.
518  - "status": migration status
519      See MigrationStatus in ~/qapi-schema.json for possible values
521 Example:
523 {"timestamp": {"seconds": 1432121972, "microseconds": 744001},
524  "event": "MIGRATION", "data": {"status": "completed"}}
526 MIGRATION_PASS
527 --------------
529 Emitted from the source side of a migration at the start of each pass
530 (when it syncs the dirty bitmap)
532 Data: None.
534   - "pass": An incrementing count (starting at 1 on the first pass)
536 Example:
537 {"timestamp": {"seconds": 1449669631, "microseconds": 239225},
538  "event": "MIGRATION_PASS", "data": {"pass": 2}}
540 STOP
541 ----
543 Emitted when the Virtual Machine is stopped.
545 Data: None.
547 Example:
549 { "event": "STOP",
550     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267041730, "microseconds": 281295 } }
552 SUSPEND
553 -------
555 Emitted when guest enters S3 state.
557 Data: None.
559 Example:
561 { "event": "SUSPEND",
562      "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344456160, "microseconds": 309119 } }
564 SUSPEND_DISK
565 ------------
567 Emitted when the guest makes a request to enter S4 state.
569 Data: None.
571 Example:
573 { "event": "SUSPEND_DISK",
574      "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344456160, "microseconds": 309119 } }
576 Note: QEMU shuts down when entering S4 state.
578 VNC_CONNECTED
579 -------------
581 Emitted when a VNC client establishes a connection.
583 Data:
585 - "server": Server information (json-object)
586   - "host": IP address (json-string)
587   - "service": port number (json-string)
588   - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
589   - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional)
590 - "client": Client information (json-object)
591   - "host": IP address (json-string)
592   - "service": port number (json-string)
593   - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
595 Example:
597 { "event": "VNC_CONNECTED",
598     "data": {
599         "server": { "auth": "sasl", "family": "ipv4",
600                     "service": "5901", "host": "0.0.0.0" },
601         "client": { "family": "ipv4", "service": "58425",
602                     "host": "127.0.0.1" } },
603     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1262976601, "microseconds": 975795 } }
606 Note: This event is emitted before any authentication takes place, thus
607 the authentication ID is not provided.
609 VNC_DISCONNECTED
610 ----------------
612 Emitted when the connection is closed.
614 Data:
616 - "server": Server information (json-object)
617   - "host": IP address (json-string)
618   - "service": port number (json-string)
619   - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
620   - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional)
621 - "client": Client information (json-object)
622   - "host": IP address (json-string)
623   - "service": port number (json-string)
624   - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
625   - "x509_dname": TLS dname (json-string, optional)
626   - "sasl_username": SASL username (json-string, optional)
628 Example:
630 { "event": "VNC_DISCONNECTED",
631     "data": {
632         "server": { "auth": "sasl", "family": "ipv4",
633                     "service": "5901", "host": "0.0.0.0" },
634         "client": { "family": "ipv4", "service": "58425",
635                     "host": "127.0.0.1", "sasl_username": "luiz" } },
636     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1262976601, "microseconds": 975795 } }
638 VNC_INITIALIZED
639 ---------------
641 Emitted after authentication takes place (if any) and the VNC session is
642 made active.
644 Data:
646 - "server": Server information (json-object)
647   - "host": IP address (json-string)
648   - "service": port number (json-string)
649   - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
650   - "auth": authentication method (json-string, optional)
651 - "client": Client information (json-object)
652   - "host": IP address (json-string)
653   - "service": port number (json-string)
654   - "family": address family (json-string, "ipv4" or "ipv6")
655   - "x509_dname": TLS dname (json-string, optional)
656   - "sasl_username": SASL username (json-string, optional)
658 Example:
660 { "event": "VNC_INITIALIZED",
661     "data": {
662         "server": { "auth": "sasl", "family": "ipv4",
663                     "service": "5901", "host": "0.0.0.0"},
664         "client": { "family": "ipv4", "service": "46089",
665                     "host": "127.0.0.1", "sasl_username": "luiz" } },
666         "timestamp": { "seconds": 1263475302, "microseconds": 150772 } }
668 VSERPORT_CHANGE
669 ---------------
671 Emitted when the guest opens or closes a virtio-serial port.
673 Data:
675 - "id": device identifier of the virtio-serial port (json-string)
676 - "open": true if the guest has opened the virtio-serial port (json-bool)
678 Example:
680 { "event": "VSERPORT_CHANGE",
681     "data": { "id": "channel0", "open": true },
682     "timestamp": { "seconds": 1401385907, "microseconds": 422329 } }
684 Note: this event is rate-limited separately for each "id".
686 WAKEUP
687 ------
689 Emitted when the guest has woken up from S3 and is running.
691 Data: None.
693 Example:
695 { "event": "WAKEUP",
696      "timestamp": { "seconds": 1344522075, "microseconds": 745528 } }
698 WATCHDOG
699 --------
701 Emitted when the watchdog device's timer is expired.
703 Data:
705 - "action": Action that has been taken, it's one of the following (json-string):
706             "reset", "shutdown", "poweroff", "pause", "debug", or "none"
708 Example:
710 { "event": "WATCHDOG",
711      "data": { "action": "reset" },
712      "timestamp": { "seconds": 1267061043, "microseconds": 959568 } }
714 Note: If action is "reset", "shutdown", or "pause" the WATCHDOG event is
715 followed respectively by the RESET, SHUTDOWN, or STOP events.
717 Note: this event is rate-limited.