Basic XEN and KVM-QEMU commands

This is a collection of basic XEN and KVM-QEMU command usefull when you have to manage Virtual Machine on Linux.

Virtual Machine XEN and KVM-QEMU basic command

KVM-Qemu

Virtual Machine configuration files are stored in:
/etc/libvirt/qemu/

Virtual Machine list:

 
[root@localhost ~]# virsh list
 Id Nome Stato
----------------------------------------------------
 25 NMX_VM2 in esecuzione
 26 NMX_VM3 in esecuzione
 28 NMX_VM1 in esecuzione

Start Virtual Machine:

virsh create /etc/libvirt/qemu/file.xml

Shutdown Virtual Machine (even if the command is “destroy” don’t be scared it doesn’t destroy your VM, only stop it):

virsh destroy virtual-machine-name

Clone Virtual Machine:

virt-clone --original name-sorg --name name-dest 2 --file disco

es:
virt-clone –original NMX_VM1 –name NMX_VM2 –file /dev/VolGroup01/LV_NMX_VM2

Create and edit Virtual Machine

virsh dumpxml 
virsh edit 

XEN (not supported on Centos 6 – 64bit)

VM File location:
 /etc/xen/cluster/

Basic Command

xm list
xm destroy VM
xm create /etc/xen/VM
xm top

 

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