notebook/IT/virsh.md

virsh usefull command

standart

• recover configuration xml from VM: virsh dumpxml windows7> windows7.xml
• start VM: virsh start nas
• shutdown VM: virsh shutdown win7
• rename VM: virsh domrename --domain generic2 --new-name windows7
• list all vm: virsh list --all
• create with xml file:create --file debian8.xml
• force shutdown:virsh destroy win7

snapshot:

• list for domain virsh snapshot-list --domain nas
• create snapshot virsh snapshot-create-as --domain {VM-NAME} --name {SNAPSHOT-NAME} --live
• info snapshot: virsh snapshot-info --domain nas --snapshotname "ansible ping OK"
• appliquer une snapshot: virsh snapshot-revert --domain --snapshotname "ansible ping OK" --running
• delete snapshot: virsh snapshot-delete --domain freebsd --snapshotname 5Sep2016_S2

share folder with host

• add a filesystem device to your host:

  <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='squash'>
    <source dir='/home/vincent/Documents'/>
    <target dir='/mnt/workplace'/>
    <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x08' function='0x0'/>
  </filesystem>
  

• on guest mount the filesystem:
  • with mount cmd :mount -t 9p -o trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L mount_tag /path/to/mount_point/on/guest
  • in your fstab:mount_tag /path/to/mount_point/on/guest 9p trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L 0 0
• add in 9pnet_virtio to /etc/modules-load.d/9pnet_virtio.conf

enabling guest function on arch

• install spice-vdagent
• add in etc/mkinitcpio.conf

MODULES=(virtio virtio_blk virtio_pci virtio_net)