diff --git a/qubesmgmt/tests/tools/qvm_kill.py b/qubesmgmt/tests/tools/qvm_kill.py
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+++ b/qubesmgmt/tests/tools/qvm_kill.py
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+# -*- encoding: utf8 -*-
+#
+# The Qubes OS Project, http://www.qubes-os.org
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
+#                               <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import qubesmgmt.tests
+import qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_kill
+
+
+class TC_00_qvm_kill(qubesmgmt.tests.QubesTestCase):
+    def test_000_with_vm(self):
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('dom0', 'mgmt.vm.List', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00some-vm class=AppVM state=Running\n'
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('some-vm', 'mgmt.vm.Kill', None, None)] = b'0\x00'
+        qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_kill.main(['some-vm'], app=self.app)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
+    def test_001_missing_vm(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+            qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_kill.main([], app=self.app)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
+    def test_002_invalid_vm(self):
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('dom0', 'mgmt.vm.List', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00some-vm class=AppVM state=Running\n'
+        with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+            qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_kill.main(['no-such-vm'], app=self.app)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
+    def test_003_not_running(self):
+        # TODO: some option to ignore this error?
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('some-vm', 'mgmt.vm.Kill', None, None)] = \
+            b'2\x00QubesVMNotStartedError\x00\x00Domain is powered off: ' \
+            b'some-vm\x00'
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('dom0', 'mgmt.vm.List', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00some-vm class=AppVM state=Halted\n'
+        self.assertEqual(
+            qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_kill.main(['some-vm'], app=self.app),
+            1)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
diff --git a/qubesmgmt/tests/tools/qvm_pause.py b/qubesmgmt/tests/tools/qvm_pause.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/qubesmgmt/tests/tools/qvm_pause.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# -*- encoding: utf8 -*-
+#
+# The Qubes OS Project, http://www.qubes-os.org
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
+#                               <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import qubesmgmt.tests
+import qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_pause
+
+
+class TC_00_qvm_pause(qubesmgmt.tests.QubesTestCase):
+    def test_000_with_vm(self):
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('dom0', 'mgmt.vm.List', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00some-vm class=AppVM state=Running\n'
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('some-vm', 'mgmt.vm.Pause', None, None)] = b'0\x00'
+        qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_pause.main(['some-vm'], app=self.app)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
+    def test_001_missing_vm(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+            qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_pause.main([], app=self.app)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
+    def test_002_invalid_vm(self):
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('dom0', 'mgmt.vm.List', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00some-vm class=AppVM state=Running\n'
+        with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+            qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_pause.main(['no-such-vm'], app=self.app)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
+    def test_003_not_running(self):
+        # TODO: some option to ignore this error?
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('some-vm', 'mgmt.vm.Pause', None, None)] = \
+            b'2\x00QubesVMNotStartedError\x00\x00Domain is powered off: ' \
+            b'some-vm\x00'
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('dom0', 'mgmt.vm.List', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00some-vm class=AppVM state=Halted\n'
+        self.assertEqual(
+            qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_pause.main(['some-vm'], app=self.app),
+            1)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
+    def test_004_multiple_vms(self):
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('some-vm', 'mgmt.vm.Pause', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00'
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('other-vm', 'mgmt.vm.Pause', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00'
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('dom0', 'mgmt.vm.List', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00some-vm class=AppVM state=Running\n' \
+            b'other-vm class=AppVM state=Running\n'
+        self.assertEqual(
+            qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_pause.main(['some-vm', 'other-vm'],
+                app=self.app),
+            0)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
diff --git a/qubesmgmt/tests/tools/qvm_shutdown.py b/qubesmgmt/tests/tools/qvm_shutdown.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bd4212
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qubesmgmt/tests/tools/qvm_shutdown.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# -*- encoding: utf8 -*-
+#
+# The Qubes OS Project, http://www.qubes-os.org
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
+#                               <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import qubesmgmt.tests
+import qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_shutdown
+
+
+class TC_00_qvm_shutdown(qubesmgmt.tests.QubesTestCase):
+    def test_000_with_vm(self):
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('dom0', 'mgmt.vm.List', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00some-vm class=AppVM state=Running\n'
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('some-vm', 'mgmt.vm.Shutdown', None, None)] = b'0\x00'
+        qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_shutdown.main(['some-vm'], app=self.app)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
+    def test_001_missing_vm(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+            qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_shutdown.main([], app=self.app)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
+    def test_002_invalid_vm(self):
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('dom0', 'mgmt.vm.List', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00some-vm class=AppVM state=Running\n'
+        with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+            qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_shutdown.main(['no-such-vm'], app=self.app)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
+    def test_003_not_running(self):
+        # TODO: some option to ignore this error?
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('some-vm', 'mgmt.vm.Shutdown', None, None)] = \
+            b'2\x00QubesVMNotStartedError\x00\x00Domain is powered off: ' \
+            b'some-vm\x00'
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('dom0', 'mgmt.vm.List', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00some-vm class=AppVM state=Halted\n'
+        qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_shutdown.main(['some-vm'], app=self.app)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
+    def test_004_multiple_vms(self):
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('some-vm', 'mgmt.vm.Shutdown', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00'
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('other-vm', 'mgmt.vm.Shutdown', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00'
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('dom0', 'mgmt.vm.List', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00some-vm class=AppVM state=Running\n' \
+            b'other-vm class=AppVM state=Running\n'
+        qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_shutdown.main(['some-vm', 'other-vm'], app=self.app),
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
+    def test_010_wait(self):
+        '''test --wait option'''
+        self.skipTest('test not implemented')
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diff --git a/qubesmgmt/tests/tools/qvm_unpause.py b/qubesmgmt/tests/tools/qvm_unpause.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da80f3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qubesmgmt/tests/tools/qvm_unpause.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# -*- encoding: utf8 -*-
+#
+# The Qubes OS Project, http://www.qubes-os.org
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
+#                               <marmarek@invisiblethingslab.com>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import qubesmgmt.tests
+import qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_unpause
+
+
+class TC_00_qvm_unpause(qubesmgmt.tests.QubesTestCase):
+    def test_000_with_vm(self):
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('dom0', 'mgmt.vm.List', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00some-vm class=AppVM state=Running\n'
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('some-vm', 'mgmt.vm.Unpause', None, None)] = b'0\x00'
+        qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_unpause.main(['some-vm'], app=self.app)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
+    def test_001_missing_vm(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+            qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_unpause.main([], app=self.app)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
+    def test_002_invalid_vm(self):
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('dom0', 'mgmt.vm.List', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00some-vm class=AppVM state=Running\n'
+        with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+            qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_unpause.main(['no-such-vm'], app=self.app)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
+    def test_003_not_running(self):
+        # TODO: some option to ignore this error?
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('some-vm', 'mgmt.vm.Unpause', None, None)] = \
+            b'2\x00QubesVMNotStartedError\x00\x00Domain is powered off: ' \
+            b'some-vm\x00'
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('dom0', 'mgmt.vm.List', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00some-vm class=AppVM state=Halted\n'
+        self.assertEqual(
+            qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_unpause.main(['some-vm'], app=self.app),
+            1)
+        self.assertAllCalled()
+
+    def test_004_multiple_vms(self):
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('some-vm', 'mgmt.vm.Unpause', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00'
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('other-vm', 'mgmt.vm.Unpause', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00'
+        self.app.expected_calls[
+            ('dom0', 'mgmt.vm.List', None, None)] = \
+            b'0\x00some-vm class=AppVM state=Running\n' \
+            b'other-vm class=AppVM state=Running\n'
+        self.assertEqual(
+            qubesmgmt.tools.qvm_unpause.main(['some-vm', 'other-vm'],
+                app=self.app),
+            0)
+        self.assertAllCalled()