Start And Stop Virtual Machines
General Information
Controlling virtual machines from a KVM host.
CLI Method
Show running and stopped VMs
virsh list --all
Show only running VMs
virsh list
Show Config Info of VM
virsh dominfo server1
Show VM Activity
virt-top
Reboot VM Named “server1
virsh reboot server1
Stop VM Named “server1”
virsh shutdown server1
Start VM Named “server1”
virsh start server1
Stop VM Immediately (“pull power”)
virsh destroy server1
Delete VM Named “server1”
virsh undefine server1
GUI Method
Shutdown
- Applications > System Tools > Virtual Machine Manager
- Right click VM > Shutdown > Shutdown
Start
- Applications > System Tools > Virtual Machine Manager
- Right click VM > Run