Virsh Commands

The libvirt toolkit is focused primarily on KVM virtual machines, but it is intended to be usable for multiple virtualization technologies, including the Xen Project Hypervisor. As a result, some commands are essential when using Xen Project software, but others do not apply as they are targeted for KVM concepts.

Some of the essential virsh commands for manipulating Xen Project VMs include:

virsh list
virsh dominfo
virsh dumpxml
virsh start
virsh shutdown
virsh destroy
virsh create

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Orange	Apple
Bread	Pie
Butter	Ice cream

+VIRSH commands:
help	print help
list	list domains

|create |create a domain from an XML file |- |start |start a previously created inactive domain |- |destroy |destroy a domain |- |define |define (but do not start) a domain from an XML file |- |domid |convert a domain name or UUID to domain id |- |domuuid |convert a domain name or id to domain UUID |- |dominfo |domain information |- |domname |convert a domain id or UUID to domain name |- |domstate |domain state |- |quit |quit this interactive terminal |- |reboot |reboot a domain |- |restore |restore a domain from a saved state in a file |- |resume |resume a domain |- |save |save a domain state to a file |- |shutdown |gracefully shutdown a domain |- |suspend |suspend a domain |- |undefine |undefine an inactive domain |}