Linux Virtualization Operations

Internal

• Linux Virtualization

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

Guest Operations

List Available Guests

virsh list

Start/Stop Guest Virtual Machines

virsh start [--console] <vm-name>
virsh shutdown <vm-name>

Connect to the Guest Virtual Machine

virsh console

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

Add Storage to Guests

Adding Storage to Guests

Clone a Guest Virtual Machine

Cloning a Guest Virtual Machine

Snapshot Guest Virtual Machine

Snapshot a Guest Virtual Machine

Virtualization Host Storage Operations

Storage Pool Operations

• Disk-Based Storage Pool Configuration
• Partition-Based Storage Pool Configuration
• Directory-Based Storage Pool Configuration
• LVM-Based Storage Pool Configuration
• Storage Pool Deletion

Storage Volume Operations

• Storage Volume Creation
• Storage Volume Cloning
• Storage Volume Renaming
• Storage Volume Deletion

Virtualization Host Network Operations

• Attaching a Guest Directly to a Virtualization Host Network Interface
• Modifying the Range of the DHCP Server for a Virtual Network
• Bridged Networking Configuration