vmadm
- manages qemu-toolkit virtual machines
vmadm
[-h]
vmadm list
vmadm create
name
vmadm start
[--bootiso iso_file]name
vmadm shutdown
name
vmadm kill
name
vmadm monitor
name
vmadm vnc
name
vmadm console
name
The vmadm
command manages virtual machines. A virtual machine is defined
by using the virtual_machine
syntax in a file below /etc/qemu-toolkit
.
(see qemu-toolkit-configuration(7))
vmadm list
Lists all virtual machines that are defined on this system.
vmadm create
nameCreates a new virtual machine definition and fills it with sensible default values.
vmadm start
nameStarts a virtual machine using QEMU/KVM.
--bootiso
iso_filevmadm shutdown
nameSends the virtual machine a system/powerdown event.
vmadm kill
nameImmediately kills the virtual machine.
vmadm monitor
nameEnters an interactive monitor mode that controls the virtual machine. The machine must be running for this to work. Use Control+D to exit.
vmadm vnc
nameConnect the terminal to a VNC server that displays the console of the virtual machine.
vmadm console
nameConnects the terminal to the serial console of the virtual machine. Note that this must be specially configured for most guest OSes.
The following command starts the virtual machine and boots it from its first disk.
# vmadm start my_vm
The following command boots the virtual machine from a virtual cdrom. The cdrom is backed by an ISO file called ubuntu.iso.
# vmadm start my_vm --bootiso ubuntu.iso
When using iscsi targets, you have to relaunch the vm twice to get it to start up. We have code in place to work around this, but it is not effective. Work to fix this is underway.
qemu-toolkit-overview(7), qemu-toolkit-install(7), qemu-toolkit-configuration(7), storadm(1), vmadm(1), README(7)
Copyright (c) 2012 Kaspar Schiess.
This tool is under a MIT license. Please see the LICENSE file in the original source.