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Running and managing virtual machines from the command line — VMware ESXi via | |||
=== | <code>esxcli</code> and <code>vim-cmd</code>, KVM and QEMU via <code>virsh</code>. | ||
== VMware and ESXi == | |||
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{{Card|page=Esxcli vm process list|title=List VM processes|desc=Find a VM's process World ID.|cmd=esxcli vm process list}} | |||
{{Card|page=Manage ESXi VM Processes with CLI|title=Manage VM processes|desc=Kill an unresponsive VM — soft, then hard, then force.|cmd=esxcli vm process kill}} | |||
{{Card|page=Power on a virtual machine from ESXi cli|title=Power on, off or reboot a VM|desc=Look up the vmid, check power state, then change it.|cmd=vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on}} | |||
{{Card|page=Shutdown ESXi cli|title=Shut down or reboot the host|desc=From the ESX service console, and what each command does to running VMs.|cmd=poweroff}} | |||
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== KVM and QEMU == | == KVM and QEMU == | ||
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=== | {{Card|page=Virsh|title=Using virsh|desc=Listing, editing, starting, stopping and undefining guests.|cmd=virsh list --all}} | ||
{{Card|page=Share folder between guest and host|desc=Pass a host directory into a guest with virtiofs by editing the VM's XML.|cmd=virsh edit}} | |||
{{Card|page=Cloned VM has the same dhcp ip address|title=Cloned VM gets the same DHCP address|desc=The clone kept its machine-id. Regenerate it.|cmd=systemd-machine-id-setup}} | |||
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[[Category:ESXi]] | [[Category:ESXi]] | ||
[[Category:Virtualization]] | |||
[[Category:QEMU]] | |||
[[Category:Libvirt]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:43, 9 August 2026
Running and managing virtual machines from the command line — VMware ESXi via
esxcli and vim-cmd, KVM and QEMU via virsh.
VMware and ESXi[edit]
Power on, off or reboot a VM
Look up the vmid, check power state, then change it.
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on
Shut down or reboot the host
From the ESX service console, and what each command does to running VMs.
poweroff
KVM and QEMU[edit]
Share folder between guest and host
Pass a host directory into a guest with virtiofs by editing the VM's XML.
virsh edit
Cloned VM gets the same DHCP address
The clone kept its machine-id. Regenerate it.
systemd-machine-id-setup
