Commands Supported by libvirt

cVMs can be managed by libvirt. This section describes the libvirt virsh commands for cVMs of the current version.

Table 1 lists the libvirt commands for cVMs:

**Table 1** Libvirt commands
virsh Subcommand	Description	Option	Supported on cVMs	Supported on Other VMs
define	Defines a VM domain from a specified XML file.	--validate	√	√
undefine	Destroys a VM domain.	--managed-save	x	√
		--storage	√	√
		--remove-all-storage	√	√
		--delete-storage-volume-snapshots	x	√
		--wipe-storage	√	√
		--snapshots-metadata	x	√
		--checkpoints-metadata	x	√
		--nvram	x	√
		--keep-nvram	x	√
		--tpm	x	√
		--keep-tpm	x	√
start	Starts a defined VM.	--console	√	√
		--paused	x	√
		--autodestroy	√	√
		--bypass-cache	√	√
		--force-boot	x	√
		--pass-fds	x	√
		--reset-nvram	x	√
destroy	Destroys a running VM.	--graceful	√	√
destroy	Destroys a running VM.	--remove-logs	√	√
console	Logs in to a VM through the serial port.	--devname	√	√
		--force	√	√
		--resume	x	√
		--safe	√	√
create	Creates and starts a VM from a specified XML file.	--console	√	√
		--paused	x	√
		--autodestroy	√	√
		--pass-fds	x	√
		--validate	√	√
		--reset-nvram	x	√
attach-disk	Attaches drives.	--subdriver	√	√
		--live	√	√
		--persistent	√	√
detach-disk	Detaches drives.	--live	√	√
detach-disk	Detaches drives.	--persistent	√	√
attach-interface	Attaches network interfaces.	--model	√	√
		--live	√	√
		--persistent	√	√
detach-interface	Detaches network interfaces.	--live	√	√
detach-interface	Detaches network interfaces.	--persistent	√	√
attach-device	Attaches devices using an XML file.	--live	√	√
attach-device	Attaches devices using an XML file.	--persistent	√	√
detach-device	Detaches devices using XML files.	--live	√	√
detach-device	Detaches devices using XML files.	--persistent	√	√
tmm	Displays TMM information, including secure memory usage.	--dev	√	x
tmm	Displays TMM information, including secure memory usage.	--detail	√	x

Parent topic: Feature Usage