<yambe:breadcrumb>Troubleshooting_openVZ_issues|Troubleshooting openVZ issues</yambe:breadcrumb>

Finding init process ID or killing container

If "vzctl stop <CTID>" or "vzctl restart <CTID>" hangs then we can kill the container using following steps:

Find container init process ID using:
```
lsof 2>&1 | grep /vz/root/<CTID>/ | grep -v UID | less
```
The process which has /dev/null open inside the container is init. Typically first lowest (PID) should also be of init
Use ' kill -9 <init-pid>' to kill the container.

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