XenServer Administrator's Guide 4.1.0

Command line interface
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Parameter Name Description Type
allowed-VIF-devices list of VIF identifiers available for use,
represented by integers of the range 0-15.
This list is informational only, and other
devices may be used (but may not work).
read only set parameter
HVM-boot-policy read/write
HVM-boot-params The order key controls the HVM guest
boot order, represented as a string where
each character is a boot method: "d" for
the CD/DVD, "c" for the root disk, and "n"
for network PXE boot. The default is "dc".
read/write map parameter
PV-kernel path to the kernel read/write
PV-ramdisk path to the initrd read/write
PV-args string of kernel command line arguments read/write
PV-legacy-args string of arguments to make legacy VMs
based on this template boot
read/write
PV-bootloader name of or path to bootloader read/write
PV-bootloader-args string of miscellaneous arguments for the
bootloader
read/write
last-boot-CPU-flags describes the CPU flags on which a VM
based on this template was last booted;
not populated for a template
read only
resident-on the XenServer Host on which a VM based
on this template is currently resident;
appears as <not in database> for a
template
read only
affinity a XenServer Host which a VM based on
this template has preference for running
on; used by the xe vm-start command to
decide where to run the VM
read/write
other-config A list of key/value pairs that specify
additional configuration parameters for the
template
read/write map parameter
start-time Timestamp of the date and time
that the metrics for a VM based on
this template were read, in the form
yyyymmddThh:mm:ss z, where z is the
single-letter military timezone indicator, for
example, Z for UTC (GMT); set to 1 Jan
1970 Z (beginning of Unix/POSIX epoch)
for a template
read only
install-time Timestamp of the date and time
that the metrics for a VM based on
this template were read, in the form
yyyymmddThh:mm:ss z, where z is the
single-letter military timezone indicator, for
example, Z for UTC (GMT); set to 1 Jan
read only