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In guests that are started by flexVDI manager 3.1.5 and upper, qemu guest agent is supported. It This software is included in the "Spice guest tools" component that comes with the flexVDI guest tools 3.1.x for windows. It also uses the virtio serial driver, which is also included in flexVDI guest tools.

qemu guest agent is a windows service that runs in the guests, and receives commands directly from the flexVDI host. It allows it to answer to the shutdown command as an hypervisor administrator expects: gracefully shutdown the machine when it is asked to, instead of opening a confirmation window in the console.

To check if qemu Guest agent is running in a windows guest, open MS Windows "Services" application, and look for "QEMU Guest Agent". Alternatively, run from a power Shell:

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