Basic KVM Operations with Virish command

Virsh Command Operation.

Note: test and cent are virtual machine names which I have created in my lab.

> List of active virtual machines.

Command: #virsh list

test: Virtual machine name which is ruining currently.



> List of all virtual machines.

Command: #virsh list --all

 test: Virtual machine name which is ruining currently.

cent: Switch off Virtual machine.


> Shutdown virtual machine.

Command: #virsh shutdown <virtual machine name >

In the following screen shot "test" is a virtual machine name.






> Suspend virtual machine 

Command: #virsh suspend cent

Pause virtual machine cent on current state.


> Resume suspended virtual machine.

Command: #virsh resume cent

Resume virtual machine cent.


> Switch console of guest virtual machine.

Command: #virsh console test

Opening console of test virtual machine.


> Start power off virtual machine.

Command: #virsh start cent

Start virtual machine cent.


> Restart virtual machine. ( Soft reboot machine )

Command: #virsh reboot cent

Reboot virtual machine cent


> Reset virtual machine. ( Hard reboot machine )

Command: #virsh reset cent

Reset virtual machine cent.


> Check command parameters of virsh command.

Command: #virsh --help

Display all the virsh command options.


> Edit virtual machine's xml configuration file.

Command: #virsh edit cent

Edit xml file of virtual machine cent


Following edit menu will open once press Enter key.


Once editing done press :wq to save and exit the file.

> Save virtual machine current-state in file.

Command: #virsh save cent centfile

cent:           This is virtual machine name
centfile:      This is file name given to save the current state of virtual machine.


> Restore virtual machine from saved file.

Command: #virsh restore centfile

centfile is store a virtual machine state data.


> Virtual machine mark for auto start

Command: #virsh autostart cent

Virtual machine cent mark for auto start.


> Disable virtual machine for auto start

Command: #virsh autostart --disable cent


> Show virsh version

Command: #virsh version


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