XenServer Administrator's Guide 4.1.0

Command line interface

5.4.22.20. vm-reboot

vm-reboot [ vm-selector=vm selector value...] [force=true ]

Reboot the specified VMs.

The VM or VMs on which this operation should be performed are selected via the standard selection mech-

anism (see VM selectors). Optional arguments can be any number of the VM parameters listed at the be-

ginning of this section.

Use the force argument to cause an ungraceful shutdown, akin to pulling the plug on a physical server.

5.4.22.21. vm-reset-powerstate

vm-reset-powerstate [ vm-selector=vm selector value...] {force=true}

The VM or VMs on which this operation should be performed are selected via the standard selection mech-

anism (see VM selectors). Optional arguments can be any number of the VM parameters listed at the be-

ginning of this section.

This is an advanced command only to be used when a member host in a pool goes down. You can use this

command to force the pool master to reset the power-state of the VMs to be "halted". Essentially this forces

the lock on the VM and its disks so it can be subsequently started on another pool host. This call requires

the force flag to be specified, and fails if it is not on the command-line.

5.4.22.22. vm-resume

vm-resume [ vm-selector=vm selector value...] [force=true | false ] [on=XenServer Host

UUID ]

Resume the specified VMs.

The VM or VMs on which this operation should be performed are selected via the standard selection mech-

anism (see VM selectors). Optional arguments can be any number of the VM parameters listed at the be-

ginning of this section.

If the VM is on a shared SR in a pool of hosts, use the on argument to specify which host in the pool

on which to start it. By default the system will determine an appropriate host, which might be any of the

members of the pool.

5.4.22.23. vm-shutdown

vm-shutdown [ vm-selector=vm selector value...] [force=true | false ]

Shut down the specified VM.

The VM or VMs on which this operation should be performed are selected via the standard selection mech-

anism (see VM selectors). Optional arguments can be any number of the VM parameters listed at the be-

ginning of this section.

Use the force argument to cause an ungraceful shutdown, akin to pulling the plug on a physical server.

5.4.22.24. vm-start

vm-start [ vm-selector=vm selector value...] [force=true | false ] [on=XenServer Host

UUID ] [--multiple]