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== virsh == | == virsh == | ||
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| + | | Autostart <VM> | ||
| + | | Start the VM when the physical system starts up | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | capabilities | ||
| + | | List the Abilities of the local hyper-visor | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | edit <VM> | ||
| + | | Edit the VM | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | list --all | ||
| + | | List all VMs | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | start <VM> | ||
| + | | Start a VM | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | shutdown <VM> | ||
| + | | Gracefully shutdown a VM | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | destory <VM> | ||
| + | | Equivalent of pulling the plug on a VM | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |} | ||
== virt-install== | == virt-install== | ||
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| + | The virt-install cmmand will set up a VM in the same way as the Virtual Manager. It will prompt the user for the specification of the VM before creating it. | ||
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| + | <syntaxhighlight> | ||
| + | virt-install --prompt | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
==virt-clone== | ==virt-clone== | ||
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| + | In order to clone a VM, the VM must be shutdown first, beofre running the command: | ||
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| + | <syntaxhighlight> | ||
| + | virt-clone --prompt | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:36, 3 September 2013
VM Command Line Tools
VMs can be created, cloned, converted and installed using the command line. Three commands are used to do this: virt-install, virsh, virt-clone.
virsh
| Autostart <VM> | Start the VM when the physical system starts up |
| capabilities | List the Abilities of the local hyper-visor |
| edit <VM> | Edit the VM |
| list --all | List all VMs |
| start <VM> | Start a VM |
| shutdown <VM> | Gracefully shutdown a VM |
| destory <VM> | Equivalent of pulling the plug on a VM |
virt-install
The virt-install cmmand will set up a VM in the same way as the Virtual Manager. It will prompt the user for the specification of the VM before creating it.
virt-install --promptvirt-clone
In order to clone a VM, the VM must be shutdown first, beofre running the command:
virt-clone --prompt