The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
NAME virt-win-reg – Export and merge Windows Registry entries from a Windows guest SYNOPSIS virt – win – reg domname ‘HKLM\Path\To\Subkey’ virt – win – reg domname ‘HKLM\Path\To\Subkey’ name virt – win – reg domname ‘HKLM\Path\To\Subkey’ @virt – win – reg– merge domname[input.reg…] virt – win – reg[–options] disk.img… #instead of domname WARNING You must…
NAME virt-what – detect if we are running in a virtual machine SUMMARY virt-what [options] DESCRIPTION "virt-what" is a shell script which can be used to detect if the program is running in a virtual machine. The program prints out a list of “facts” about the virtual machine, derived from heuristics. One fact is printed…
NAME virt-viewer – display the graphical console for a virtual machine SYNOPSIS virt-viewer [OPTIONS] — DOMAIN-NAME|ID|UUID DESCRIPTION virt-viewer is a minimal tool for displaying the graphical console of a virtual machine. The console is accessed using the VNC or SPICE protocol. The guest can be referred to based on its name, ID, or UUID. If…
NAME virt-v2v – Convert a guest to use KVM SYNOPSIS virt-v2v -ic vpx://vcenter.example.com/Datacenter/esxi vmware_guest virt-v2v -ic vpx://vcenter.example.com/Datacenter/esxi vmware_guest \ -o rhev -os rhev.nfs:/export_domain –network rhevm virt-v2v -i libvirtxml guest-domain.xml -o local -os /var/tmp virt-v2v -i disk disk.img -o local -os /var/tmp virt-v2v -i disk disk.img -o glance DESCRIPTION Virt-v2v converts guests from a foreign hypervisor…
NAME virt-v2v-copy-to-local – Copy a remote guest to the local machine SYNOPSIS virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic LIBVIRT_URI GUEST virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic xen+ssh://root@xen.example.com xen_guest virt-v2v-copy-to-local -ic esx://root@esxi.example.com vmware_guest DESCRIPTION "virt-v2v-copy-to-local" copies a guest from a remote hypervisor to the local machine, in preparation for conversion by virt-v2v(1). Note this tool alone does not do the virt-v2v conversion. When to…
NAME virt-top – ‘top’-like utility for virtualization stats SUMMARY virt-top [-options] DESCRIPTION virt-top is a top(1)-like utility for showing stats of virtualized domains. Many keys and command line options are the same as for ordinary top. It uses libvirt so it is capable of showing stats across a variety of different virtualization systems. OPTIONS -1…
NAME virt-tar – Extract or upload files to a virtual machine SYNOPSIS virt – tar[–options] – x domname directory tarball virt – tar[–options] – u domname tarball directory virt – tar[–options] disk.img[disk.img…] – x directory tarball virt – tar[–options] disk.img[disk.img…] – u tarball directory EXAMPLES Download "/home" from the VM into a local tarball: virt-tar…
NAME virt-tar-out – Pack a virtual machine disk image directory into a tarball. SYNOPSIS virt-tar-out -a disk.img /dir files.tar virt-tar-out -d domain /dir files.tar virt-tar-out -d domain /dir – | gzip –best > files.tar.gz DESCRIPTION "virt-tar-out" packs a virtual machine disk image directory into a tarball. The first parameter is the absolute path of the…
NAME virt-tar-in – Unpack a tarball into a virtual machine disk image. SYNOPSIS virt-tar-in -a disk.img data.tar /destination virt-tar-in -d domain data.tar /destination zcat data.tar.gz | virt-tar-in -d domain – /destination WARNING Using "virt-tar-in" on live virtual machines, or concurrently with other disk editing tools, can be dangerous, potentially causing disk corruption. The virtual machine…
NAME virt-sysprep – Reset, unconfigure or customize a virtual machine so clones can be made SYNOPSIS virt – sysprep[–options] – d domname virt – sysprep[–options] – a disk.img[-a disk.img…] WARNING Using "virt-sysprep" on live virtual machines, or concurrently with other disk editing tools, can be dangerous, potentially causing disk corruption. The virtual machine must be…
NAME virt-sparsify – Make a virtual machine disk sparse SYNOPSIS virt – sparsify[–options] indisk outdisk virt – sparsify[–options]– in – place disk WARNING Using "virt-sparsify" on live virtual machines, or concurrently with other disk editing tools, can be dangerous, potentially causing disk corruption. The virtual machine must be shut down before you use this command,…
NAME virt-resize – Resize a virtual machine disk SYNOPSIS virt – resize[–resize / dev / sdaN = [+ / -]<size>[%]] [–expand / dev / sdaN][–shrink / dev / sdaN] [–ignore / dev / sdaN][–delete / dev / sdaN][…] indisk outdisk DESCRIPTION Virt-resize is a tool which can resize a virtual machine disk, making it larger…
NAME virt-rescue – Run a rescue shell on a virtual machine SYNOPSIS virt – rescue[–options] – d domname virt – rescue[–options] – a disk.img[-a disk.img…] virt – rescue– suggest(-d domname | -a disk.img…) Old style: virt – rescue[–options] domname virt – rescue[–options] disk.img[disk.img…] WARNING Using "virt-rescue" in write mode on live virtual machines, or concurrently…
NAME virt-pki-validate – validate libvirt PKI files are configured correctly SYNOPSIS virt-pki-validate [OPTION] DESCRIPTION This tool validates that the necessary PKI files are configured for a secure libvirt server or client using the TLS encryption protocol. It will report any missing certificate or key files on the host. It should be run as root to…
NAME virt-p2v – Convert a physical machine to use KVM SYNOPSIS virt-p2v virt-p2v.iso DESCRIPTION Virt-p2v converts a physical machine to run virtualized on KVM, managed by libvirt, OpenStack, oVirt, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation (RHEV), or one of the other targets supported by virt-v2v(1). Normally you don’t run the virt-p2v program directly. Instead you have to…
NAME virt-p2v-make-kickstart – Build the virt-p2v kickstart SYNOPSIS virt-p2v-make-kickstart [-o p2v.ks] [–proxy=http://…] repo [repo…] DESCRIPTION virt-p2v(1) converts a physical machine to run virtualized on KVM, managed by libvirt, OpenStack, oVirt, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation (RHEV), or one of the other targets supported by virt-v2v(1). Kickstart is a format used by Red Hat-derived distributions (such as…
NAME virt-p2v-make-disk – Build the virt-p2v disk using virt-builder SYNOPSIS virt-p2v-make-disk -o /dev/sdX [os-version] DESCRIPTION virt-p2v(1) converts a physical machine to run virtualized on KVM, managed by libvirt, OpenStack, oVirt, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation (RHEV), or one of the other targets supported by virt-v2v(1). virt-p2v-make-disk is a script which creates a bootable disk image or…
NAME virt-manager – display the virtual machine desktop management tool SYNOPSIS virt-manager [OPTIONS] DESCRIPTION virt-manager is a desktop tool for managing virtual machines. It provides the ability to control the lifecycle of existing machines (bootup/shutdown,pause/resume,suspend/restore), provision new virtual machines and various types of store, manage virtual networks, access the graphical console of virtual machines, and…
NAME virt-make-fs – Make a filesystem from a tar archive or files SYNOPSIS virt – make – fs[–options] input.tar output.img virt – make – fs[–options] input.tar.gz output.img virt – make – fs[–options] directory output.img DESCRIPTION Virt-make-fs is a command line tool for creating a filesystem from a tar archive or some files in a directory….
NAME virt-ls – List files in a virtual machine SYNOPSIS virt – ls[–options] – d domname directory[directory…] virt – ls[–options] – a disk.img[-a disk.img…] directory[directory…] Old style: virt – ls[–options] domname directory virt – ls[–options] disk.img[disk.img…] directory DESCRIPTION "virt-ls" lists filenames, file sizes, checksums, extended attributes and more from a virtual machine or disk image….