Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed

546APPENDIX BCreating Virtual MachinesTABLE B.1 Common xm CommandsCommandxm create -c xm listxm mem-set xm mem-max xm vcpu-set xm vcpu-list xm pause xm unpause xm reboot xm uptime xm shutdown DescriptionStart an inactive domain.List all running Virtualization domains along withinformation about them such as how muchmemory is allocated to each domain.Amount of memory to initially allocate to the VM.If VM is already running, dynamically set amountof memory allocated to VM.Maximum amount of memory in megabytes thedomain is allowed to use.Set number of virtual CPUs for the domain.List virtual CPU information for the domain.Pause the domain.Unpause the domain.Reboot the domain. The command will returnbefore the reboot is finished. Use xm list todetermine when the VM is back up and running.Display uptime for domain. If no domain is given,all active domains and uptimes are shown.Shut down the domain.