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=External= | =External= | ||
* https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Virtualization_Deployment_and_Administration_Guide/chap-Managing_guest_virtual_machines_with_virsh.html | * [https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Virtualization_Deployment_and_Administration_Guide/chap-Managing_guest_virtual_machines_with_virsh.html RHEL7 Virtualization Administration - Managing guest virtual machine with virsh] | ||
=Internal= | =Internal= | ||
* [[Linux_Virtualization_Concepts#libvirt|Linux Virtualization Concepts - libvirt]] | * [[Linux_Virtualization_Concepts#libvirt|Linux Virtualization Concepts - libvirt]] | ||
* [[Linux Virtualization Operations]] | |||
* [[virt-install]] | |||
=Overview= | =Overview= | ||
virsh is a command-line tool for managing the KVM hypervisor and guest virtual machines. It is the primary tool to manage RHEL 7 virtualization. | virsh is a command-line tool for managing the KVM hypervisor and guest virtual machines. It is part of the libvirt-client package. | ||
virsh is the primary tool to manage RHEL 7 virtualization. | |||
It can be used to: | It can be used to: | ||
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* shut down virtual machines | * shut down virtual machines | ||
* manage virtual networks | * manage virtual networks | ||
* [[ | * [[Linux_Virtualization_Operations#Virtualization_Host_Storage_Operations|manage storage]] | ||
* load virtual machine disk images | * load virtual machine disk images | ||
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{| | {| | ||
| [[virsh pool-define-as|pool-define-as]] || [[Virsh pool-list| | | '''Operation Category''' || | ||
|- | |||
| '''Storage Pool''' || [[Virsh pool-list|pool-list]] || [[Virsh pool-info|pool-info]] || [[virsh pool-create|pool-create]] || [[virsh pool-define-as|pool-define-as]] || [[Virsh pool-build|pool-build]] || [[Virsh pool-start|pool-start]] | |||
|- | |||
| || [[Virsh pool-autostart|pool-autostart]] || [[virsh pool-edit|pool-edit]] || [[virsh pool-dumpxml|pool-dumpxml]] || [[virsh pool-destroy|pool-destroy]] || [[virsh pool-delete|pool-delete]] || [[virsh pool-undefine|pool-undefine]] | |||
|- | |||
| '''Storage Volume''' || [[virsh vol-list|vol-list]] || [[virsh vol-info|vol-info]] || [[virsh vol-name|vol-name]] || [[virsh vol-path|vol-path]] || [[virsh vol-key|vol-key]] || [[virsh vol-create-as|vol-create-as]] || [[virsh vol-create|vol-create]] || [[virsh vol-clone|vol-clone]] || [[virsh vol-delete|vol-delete]] | |||
|- | |||
| '''Nework''' || [[virsh net-edit|net-edit]] | |||
|- | |||
| '''Guest VMs''' || [[virsh list|list]] || [[virsh define|define]] || [[virsh dumpxml|dumpxml]] || [[virsh edit|edit]] || [[virsh start|start]] || [[virsh console|console]] || [[virsh shutdown|shutdown]] || [[virsh undefine|undefine]] | |||
|- | |||
| || [[virsh domstate|domstate]] || [[virsh dominfo|dominfo]] || [[Linux KVM Virtualization Guest Snapshot Using virsh snapshot Functionality|snapshot]] || [[virsh autostart|autostart]] | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | '''Guest Device Management''' || [[virsh attach-disk|attach-disk]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
Latest revision as of 06:47, 4 December 2020
External
Internal
Overview
virsh is a command-line tool for managing the KVM hypervisor and guest virtual machines. It is part of the libvirt-client package.
virsh is the primary tool to manage RHEL 7 virtualization.
It can be used to:
- create virtual machines
- configure virtual machines
- pause virtual machines
- list virtual machines
- shut down virtual machines
- manage virtual networks
- manage storage
- load virtual machine disk images
Installation
yum install libvirt-client
Commands
| Operation Category | |||||||||
| Storage Pool | pool-list | pool-info | pool-create | pool-define-as | pool-build | pool-start | |||
| pool-autostart | pool-edit | pool-dumpxml | pool-destroy | pool-delete | pool-undefine | ||||
| Storage Volume | vol-list | vol-info | vol-name | vol-path | vol-key | vol-create-as | vol-create | vol-clone | vol-delete |
| Nework | net-edit | ||||||||
| Guest VMs | list | define | dumpxml | edit | start | console | shutdown | undefine | |
| domstate | dominfo | snapshot | autostart | ||||||
| Guest Device Management | attach-disk |