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− | + | <code>virsh</code><ref>http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man1/virsh.1.html</ref><ref> https://github.com/libvirt/libvirt/blob/master/tools/virsh.c</ref> is a command line utility for managing virsh guest domains/virtual machines and the hypervisor<ref>https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/5/html/virtualization/chap-virtualization-managing_guests_with_virsh</ref>. Can be used to operate vm like create, list, start, [[shutdown]] or suspend and to manage storage, [[Virsh Snapshots|snapshots]] and [[checkpoints]]<ref>https://github.com/libvirt/libvirt/commit/689beaa47c51fb49fafa992dd468116b8f6b0782#diff-f41fa7374ab97c527387ea4ce48fd04e</ref> among other actions. <code>[[virt-manager]]</code> is a graphical alternative to virsh. It supports Xen, QEMU, [[KVM]], LXC, OpenVZ, VirtualBox and VMware ESX. | |
− | <code>virsh</code><ref>http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man1/virsh.1.html</ref><ref> https://github.com/libvirt/libvirt/blob/master/tools/virsh.c</ref> is a command line utility for managing virsh guest domains/virtual machines and the hypervisor<ref>https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/5/html/virtualization/chap-virtualization-managing_guests_with_virsh</ref>. Can be used to operate vm like create, list, start, [[shutdown]] or suspend and to manage | ||
<code>virsh</code> is include in <code>[[libvirt|libvirt-client]]</code> package in [[RHEL]] and [[Ubuntu]] and uses [[libvirt]] management API. Binaries included: | <code>virsh</code> is include in <code>[[libvirt|libvirt-client]]</code> package in [[RHEL]] and [[Ubuntu]] and uses [[libvirt]] management API. Binaries included: | ||
− | * | + | * virsh |
− | * | + | * [[virt-admin]] |
− | * | + | * [[virt-host-validate]] |
− | * | + | * [[virt-login-shell]] |
− | * | + | * [[virt-pki-validate]] |
− | * | + | * [[virt-xml-validate]] |
== Basic Commands == | == Basic Commands == | ||
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== All Commands == | == All Commands == | ||
* <code>[[virsh --connect]]</code> | * <code>[[virsh --connect]]</code> | ||
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* <code>[[virsh autostart]] VM_NAME</code> or <code>[[virsh autostart]] VM_NAME --disable</code> (Related: <code>[[virsh start]]</code> and <code>[[virsh pool-autostart]]</code>) | * <code>[[virsh autostart]] VM_NAME</code> or <code>[[virsh autostart]] VM_NAME --disable</code> (Related: <code>[[virsh start]]</code> and <code>[[virsh pool-autostart]]</code>) | ||
* <code>[[virsh blockcommit]]</code>. Allows Live-disk-backup-with-active-blockcommit <ref> https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Live-disk-backup-with-active-blockcommit</ref> | * <code>[[virsh blockcommit]]</code>. Allows Live-disk-backup-with-active-blockcommit <ref> https://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Live-disk-backup-with-active-blockcommit</ref> | ||
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* <code>[[virsh blockresize]]</code> | * <code>[[virsh blockresize]]</code> | ||
* <code>[[virsh change-media]]</code> | * <code>[[virsh change-media]]</code> | ||
− | * <code>[[virsh create]] [[MY_XML_VM_DEFINITION.XML/]] | + | * <code>[[virsh create]] [[/MY_XML_VM_DEFINITION.XML/]]</code> |
− | + | * <code>[[virsh define]] [[/MY_XML_VM_DEFINITION.XML/]]</code> (define machine but do not start it) | |
− | * <code>[[virsh define]] [[MY_XML_VM_DEFINITION.XML]]</code> (define machine but do not start it) | ||
** <code>[[virsh define]] xmlfile.xml --validate</code> | ** <code>[[virsh define]] xmlfile.xml --validate</code> | ||
** <code>[[virsh destroy]] VM_MACHINE_NAME </code> (Ungraceful Shutdown but do not destroy data or VM but you can corrupt guest file systems) | ** <code>[[virsh destroy]] VM_MACHINE_NAME </code> (Ungraceful Shutdown but do not destroy data or VM but you can corrupt guest file systems) | ||
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* <code>[[virsh dommemstat]]</code> | * <code>[[virsh dommemstat]]</code> | ||
* <code>[[virsh domname]]</code> | * <code>[[virsh domname]]</code> | ||
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* <code>virsh dump --memory-only --verbose</code> | * <code>virsh dump --memory-only --verbose</code> | ||
* <code>[[virsh dumpxml]] VMNAME</code> - domain information in XML (Can be used to move VMs between hosts <ref>https://serverfault.com/questions/434064/correct-way-to-move-kvm-vm</ref>) | * <code>[[virsh dumpxml]] VMNAME</code> - domain information in XML (Can be used to move VMs between hosts <ref>https://serverfault.com/questions/434064/correct-way-to-move-kvm-vm</ref>) | ||
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* <code>[[virsh reboot]]</code> | * <code>[[virsh reboot]]</code> | ||
* <code>virsh restore</code> | * <code>virsh restore</code> | ||
− | * <code> | + | * <code>virsh resume</code> |
− | * <code> | + | * <code>virsh save</code> |
* <code>virsh set-lifecycle-action</code>. Added in November 2017 (v.3.9.0)<ref>https://libvirt.org/news.html</ref> | * <code>virsh set-lifecycle-action</code>. Added in November 2017 (v.3.9.0)<ref>https://libvirt.org/news.html</ref> | ||
* <code>[[virsh setmaxmem]]</code> | * <code>[[virsh setmaxmem]]</code> | ||
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* <code>[[virsh start]]</code> | * <code>[[virsh start]]</code> | ||
* <code>[[virsh suspend]]</code> | * <code>[[virsh suspend]]</code> | ||
+ | * <code>virsh save</code> | ||
* <code>[[virsh shutdown]]</code> | * <code>[[virsh shutdown]]</code> | ||
* <code>[[virsh undefine]]</code> | * <code>[[virsh undefine]]</code> | ||
* <code>virsh update-device</code> | * <code>virsh update-device</code> | ||
* <code>[[virsh vcpuinfo]]</code> | * <code>[[virsh vcpuinfo]]</code> | ||
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== Getting Information == | == Getting Information == | ||
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* <code>[[virsh vol-info]] <vol></code> | * <code>[[virsh vol-info]] <vol></code> | ||
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Guest info: | Guest info: | ||
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* <code>[[virsh version]]</code> | * <code>[[virsh version]]</code> | ||
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== Operations == | == Operations == | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
− | * <code>[[virtinst]]</code> package<ref>https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager/tree/master/virtinst</ref>, includes following python binaries: <code> | + | * <code>[[virtinst]]</code> package<ref>https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager/tree/master/virtinst</ref>, includes following python binaries: <code>virt-clone</code>, <code>virt-convert</code>, <code>[[virt-install]]</code><ref>https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/configuring_and_managing_virtualization/getting-started-with-virtualization-in-rhel-8_configuring-and-managing-virtualization</ref> |
* [[virt-top]] 'top'-like utility for virtualization stats | * [[virt-top]] 'top'-like utility for virtualization stats | ||
* [[ovirt-RHV module]] | * [[ovirt-RHV module]] | ||
+ | * [[KVM]] and [[libvirt]] | ||
* [[virt-admin]] | * [[virt-admin]] | ||
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== References == | == References == |
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