XenServer Administrator's Guide 4.1.0

Command line interface

Start 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 VMs are on a shared SR in a pool of hosts, use the on argument to specify which host in the pool

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

of the members of the pool.

5.4.22.25. vm-suspend

vm-suspend [ vm-selector=vm selector value...]

Suspend 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.

5.4.22.26. vm-uninstall

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

Uninstall a VM, destroying its disks (those VDIs that are marked RW and connected to this VM only) as well

as its metadata record. To simply destroy the VM metadata, use xe vm-destroy.

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.

5.4.22.27. vm-vcpu-hotplug

vm-vcpu-hotplug new-vcpus=new vCPU count [ vm-selector=vm selector value...]

Dynamically adjust the number of vCPUs available to a running paravirtual Linux VM within the number

bounded by the parameter VCPUs-max. Windows VMs always run with the number of vCPUs set to VC-

PUs-max and must be rebooted to change this value.

The paravirtualized Linux VM or VMs on which this operation should be performed are selected via the

standard selection mechanism (see VM selectors). Optional arguments can be any number of the VM pa-

rameters listed at the beginning of this section.

5.4.22.28. vm-vif-list

vm-vif-list [ vm-selector=vm selector value...]

Lists the VIFs from 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). Note that the selectors operate on the VM records when filtering, and not on

the VIF values. Optional arguments can be any number of the VM parameters listed at the beginning of

this section.