KVM: Starting / Stopping Guest Operating Systems With virsh Command

List Running VMS Type the following command: virsh list Sample outputs: Id Name State ---------------------------------- 1 centos.nixcraft.in running 2 freebsd running Shut Down A Guest virsh list virsh shutdown dominName virsh shutdown freebsd virsh shutdown 3 Rebooting A Guest virsh list virsh reboot domaiName virsh reboot 3 virsh reboot win2008biz Forcefully Stop A Guest Force a guest to stop with the virsh command if it is not responding or crashed virsh list virsh destroy domainName virsh destroy openbsd.nixcraft.in Get Information About Guest virsh list virsh dominfo dominName virsh dominfo 2 virsh dominfo freebsd Sample outputs: Id: 2 Name: freebsd UUID: 6b7f44df-b67a-b1e1-0f9a-40c9ad760b0a OS Type: hvm State: running CPU(s): 1 CPU time: 26.3s Max memory: 524288 kB Used memory: 524288 kB Autostart: disable Get Information About Node virsh nodeinfo Sample Outputs: CPU model: x86\ 64 CPU(s): 4 CPU frequency: 2394 MHz CPU socket(s): 1 Core(s) per socket: 4 Thread(s) per core: 1 NUMA cell(s): 1 Memory size: 8181332 kB Conclusion The first part in this series covered KVM installation, KVM bridged based networking, KVM guest setup using virt-install, virt-manager, kickstart based guest installation and troubleshooting KVM with log files. Stay tunned for next part of series which will cover other advanced topics such as: VM storage configuration using NFS and iSCSI VM live migration VM security and firewall VM load balancing VM instillation using Cobbler