Linux Virtualization Operations

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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

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

Storage Volume Operations

Virtualization Host Network Operations