vm¶

Manage virtual machines on the HVM host.

Commands¶

Command	Description
`list`	List VMs with name, power state, CPU, memory, and disk count
`start`	Start a virtual machine
`stop`	Stop a virtual machine (graceful or forced)
`restart`	Restart a virtual machine
`reboot`	Reboot a virtual machine

vm list¶

List all virtual machines on the host with their current status.

sudo hvmcli vm list

VM Name       Power State  CPUs  Memory(GB)  Disks
----------    -----------  ----  ----------  -----
web-server    running      4     8.0         2
db-server     running      8     32.0        4
test-vm       shut off     2     4.0         1

Use --details for extended information:

sudo hvmcli vm list --details

vm start¶

Start a stopped virtual machine.

sudo hvmcli vm start --name my-vm

Options:

--name <vm> — Name of the virtual machine to start (required)

vm stop¶

Stop a running virtual machine. By default performs a graceful ACPI shutdown.

sudo hvmcli vm stop --name my-vm

Force an immediate power-off (equivalent to pulling the power cord):

sudo hvmcli vm stop --name my-vm --force

Options:

--name <vm> — Name of the virtual machine to stop (required)
--force — Force immediate power-off without graceful shutdown

Warning

Using --force may cause data loss or filesystem corruption if the guest OS has pending writes.

vm restart¶

Restart a virtual machine (stop then start).

sudo hvmcli vm restart --name my-vm

Options:

--name <vm> — Name of the virtual machine to restart (required)

vm reboot¶

Send a reboot signal to the virtual machine’s guest OS.

sudo hvmcli vm reboot --name my-vm

Options:

--name <vm> — Name of the virtual machine to reboot (required)