Qemu-guest-agent - Proxmox VE
pve.proxmox.com › wiki › Qemu-guest-agentThe qemu-guest-agent is a helper daemon, which is installed in the guest. It is used to exchange information between the host and guest, and to execute command in the guest. In Proxmox VE, the qemu-guest-agent is used for mainly two things: To properly shutdown the guest, instead of relying on ACPI commands or windows policies.
Features/GuestAgent - QEMU
wiki.qemu.org › Features › GuestAgentGuest Agent. The guest agent will be a daemon that connects to a virtio-serial device and feeds the input to a JSON parser. When a new command is received, it will hand the command over to the QAPI generated dispatch routines. The guest agent will implement the server side of the QMP commands using the native signature for the function. Asynchronous Commands
Qemu guest agent - Libvirt Wiki
wiki.libvirt.org › page › Qemu_guest_agentQEMU Guest Agent. It is a daemon program running inside the domain which is supposed to help management applications with executing functions which need assistance of the guest OS. For example, freezing and thawing filesystems, entering suspend. However, guest agent (GA) is not bullet proof, and hostile guest OS can send spurious replies.
What is QEMU guest agent?
treehozz.com › what-is-qemu-guest-agentThe qemu-guest-agent is a helper daemon, which is installed in the guest. It is used to exchange information between the host and guest, and to execute command in the guest. To properly shutdown the guest, instead of relying on ACPI commands or windows policies. Read rest of the answer.