Domain management virsh commands

Use the domain management virsh commands to manage KVM virtual servers. For related XML elements, see Domain configuration-XML.

Other virsh commands

Network management virsh commands
Node-device management virsh commands
Storage pool management virsh commands
Volume management virsh commands

attach-device
Attaches a device to a defined virtual server.
change-media
Removes a currently provided ISO image from a virtual SCSI-attached CD/DVD drive, or provides a different ISO image.
console
Displays the console of a virtual server.
define
Creates a persistent virtual server definition.
destroy
Immediately terminates a virtual server and releases any used resources.
detach-device
Detaches a device from a defined virtual server.
domblklist
Displays information about the virtual block devices of a virtual server.
domblkstat
Displays status information about a virtual block device.
domcapabilities
Prints an XML document that describes the hypervisor capabilities.
domiflist
Displays network interface information for a running virtual server.
domifstat
Displays network interface statistics for a running virtual server.
dominfo
Displays information about a virtual server.
domjobabort
Aborts the currently running virsh command related to the specified virtual server.
domstate
Displays the state of a virtual server.
dump
Creates a virtual server dump on the host.
dumpxml
Displays the current libvirt-internal configuration of a defined virtual server.
edit
Edits the libvirt-internal configuration of a virtual server.
hypervisor-cpu-baseline
Derives a baseline CPU model with features that are a subset of all CPU descriptions in a specified XML file.
hypervisor-cpu-compare
Compares a CPU description in an XML file with the CPU model that the hypervisor can provide on the host.
inject-nmi
Causes a restart interrupt for a virtual server including a dump on the virtual server, if it is configured respectively.
iothreadadd
Provides an additional I/O thread for a virtual server.
iothreaddel
Removes an I/O thread from a virtual server.
iothreadinfo
Displays information about the I/O threads of a virtual server.
list
Browses defined virtual servers.
managedsave
Saves the system image of a running or a paused virtual server and terminates it thereafter. When the virtual server is started again, the saved system image is resumed.
memtune
Specifies a soft limit for the physical host memory requirements of the virtual server memory.
migrate
Migrates a virtual server to a different host.
migrate-getspeed
Displays the maximum migration bandwidth for a virtual server in MiB/s.
migrate-setmaxdowntime
Specifies a tolerable downtime for the virtual server during the migration, which is used to estimate the point in time when to suspend it.
migrate-setspeed
Sets the maximum migration bandwidth for a virtual server in MiB/s.
reboot
Reboots a guest using the current libvirt-internal configuration.
resume
Resumes a virtual server from the paused to the running state.
schedinfo
Displays scheduling information about a virtual server, and can modify the portion of CPU time that is assigned to it.
shutdown
Properly shuts down a running virtual server.
setvcpus
Changes the number of virtual CPUs of a virtual server.
start
Starts a defined virtual server that is shut off or crashed.
suspend
Transfers a virtual server from the running to the paused state.
undefine
Deletes a virtual server from libvirt.
vcpucount
Displays the number of virtual CPUs associated with a virtual server.

Parent topic: Selected virsh commands