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Sr. No. |
Command Name |
Description (brief) |
Status (working or not) |
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01 |
autostart |
Enable and disable the automatic starting of a guest domain when the libvirt daemon starts. |
ₒ |
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02 |
Console |
connect to the virtual serial console for the guest. |
ₒ |
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03 |
create |
creates a guest domain from an xml file # does not work. gives error. |
- |
|
04 |
Define |
defines but doesnt start a guest domain from an xml file |
○ |
|
05 |
destroy |
immediately terminates a running guest domain and releases any resources in use by it. Not to be used lightly |
○ |
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06 |
attach-disk / detach-disk |
attach or detach a disk device Note : Doesnt work. maybe i am doing something wrong. |
- |
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07 |
domjobinfo |
info about running guest domain jobs |
- |
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08 |
domjobabort |
aborts current running guest domain job |
- |
|
09 |
Dump |
Core dump a guest domain |
- |
|
10 |
managedsave / managedsave-remove |
Save and destroy a running guest domain, so it can be restarted from the same state at a later time. When the virsh start command is next run for the guest domain, it will automatically be started from this saved state |
- |
|
11 |
Migrate ** |
migrates a guest domain to another host |
|
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12 |
Reboot |
Runs a reboot in the guest domain |
- |
|
13 |
Restore |
restores a guest domain |
- |
|
14 |
Resume |
resumes a guest domain |
○ |
|
15 |
Save |
saves the running state of a guest domain to a file.
|
- |
|
16 |
shutdown |
runs shutdown in a guest domain |
- |
|
17 |
Start |
starts a guest domain either form a last managedsave or via a fresh boot if no managed save is present |
○ |
|
18 |
Update-device |
update device from an XML file |
- |
|
19 |
virt-viewer |
display a vnc type interface to running domain |
○ |
|
20 |
maxvcpus |
show maximum number of virtual CPUs for guest domains on this connection |
- |
|
21 |
memtune |
gets or sets the current memory parameters for a guest domain |
○ |
|
22 |
schedinfo |
show or set scheduler parameters |
○ |
|
23 |
setmaxmem |
change the maximum memory allocation limit in the guest domain |
○ |
|
24 |
setmem |
change the current memory allocation in the guest domain |
○ |
|
25 |
setvcpus |
change the number of virtual cpus in the guest domain |
- |
|
26 |
vcpuinfo |
returns basic info about the guest domains virtual CPU's |
- |
|
27 |
dominfo |
displays some basic information about the domain specified |
○ |
|
28 |
dommemstat |
displays info about the memory statistics of the domain |
- |
|
29 |
domblkinfo |
gets the block device size or a guest domain |
○ |
|
30 |
domblkstat |
gets device block stats for a running guest domain |
○ |
|
31 |
domifstat |
gets network interface stat for a running guest domain |
○ |
|
32 |
dominfo |
gets basic information about a guest domain |
○ |
|
33 |
dommemstat |
gets memory statistics for a running guest domain |
○ |
|
34 |
domstate |
returns the state of a guest domain i.e. whether running etc |
○ |
|
35 |
list |
returns a list of guest domains |
○ |
|
36 |
Capabilities |
returns the capabilities of the host and guest in xml format |
○ |
|
37 |
freecell |
Display available free memory for a NUMA cell |
○ |
|
38 |
hostname |
Display the name of the hypervisor host |
○ |
|
39 |
nodeinfo |
Returns basic information about the node |
○ |
|
40 |
iface-define |
define a physical host network interface. The file expected is of the type xml. We have an example of how it is executed. |
○ |
|
41 |
iface-destroy |
shutsdown and siables a physical host network device |
○ |
|
42 |
iface-dumpxml |
Output information for a physical host network interface, as an XML dump to stdout |
○ |
|
43 |
iface-list |
Returns a list of physical host network interfaces |
○ |
|
44 |
iface-start |
Enables and starts a physical host network interface |
○ |
|
45 |
iface-undefine |
Removes the configuration information for a physical host network interface |
○ |
|
46 |
net-autostart |
Enable or disable the automatic starting of a virtual network, when the libvirt daemon starts |
○ |
|
47 |
net-define |
Adds a new permanent virtual network from an XML file, without starting it |
○ |
|
48 |
net-dumpxml |
Displays the XML configuration for a virtual network (to stdout) |
○ |
|
49 |
net-edit |
opens the network config xml for editing by user. |
○ |
|
50 |
net-info |
displays basic information about a network |
○ |
|
51 |
net-start |
starts a network |
○ |
|
52 |
net-undefine |
undefines a network from the configuration file. |
○ |
|
53 |
Domain snapshot commands (multiple)
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Does not work with LXC. |
- |
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