Linux Virtualization Operations: Difference between revisions

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=Start/Stop Guest VMs=
=Start/Stop Guest VMs=


    [[virsh start]]
[[virsh start]]
    [[virsh shutdown]]
[[virsh shutdown]]


=Connect to the Guest VM=
=Connect to the Guest VM=

Revision as of 22:00, 30 June 2017

Internal

Commands

virsh
virt-install guestmount guestunmount virt-builder virt-cat virt-filesystems virt-inspector
libguestfs virt-copy-in virt-copy-out virt-customize virt-df virt-diff virt-edit virt-format
virt-log virt-ls virt-make-fs virt-p2v virt-rescue virt-resize virt-sparsify virt-sysprep
virt-tar-out virt-tar-in virt-top virt-v2v virt-viewer virt-what virt-who virt-xml-validate
qemu-img

Virtualization Host Storage Operations

Storage Pool Operations

Storage Volume Operations

Virtualization Host Network Operations

Create a Guest Virtual Machine

Virtualization host storage and host-level networking must be configured as a prerequisite to creating guest virtual machines. Once storage pools and storage volumes are made available, and the networking is configured, guest virtual machines can be created with

virt-install

If the XML definition of a virtual machine is available, it can be created with:

virsh define

Start/Stop Guest VMs

virsh start
virsh shutdown

Connect to the Guest VM

   virsh console

Adding Storage to Guests

Adding Storage to Guests

Cloning a Guest Virtual Machine

Cloning a Guest Virtual Machine