Basic information about the Oracle VM Server
[root@ovs01 ~]# xm info
host : ovs01.lab.local
release : 3.8.13-118.15.1.el6uek.x86_64
version : #2 SMP Fri Dec 2 09:07:34 PST 2016
machine : x86_64
nr_cpus : 4
nr_nodes : 1
cores_per_socket : 2
threads_per_core : 1
cpu_mhz : 2591
hw_caps : 1fabfbff:2c100800:00000000:00003f00:f6fa3223:00000000:00000101:00000281
virt_caps : hvm
total_memory : 2047
free_memory : 685
free_cpus : 0
xen_major : 4
xen_minor : 3
xen_extra : .1OVM
xen_caps : xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64
xen_scheduler : credit
xen_pagesize : 4096
platform_params : virt_start=0xffff800000000000
xen_changeset :
xen_commandline : console=com1,vga com1=57600,8n1 dom0_mem=max:816M allowsuperpage
cc_compiler : gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3)
cc_compile_by : mockbuild
cc_compile_domain : us.oracle.com
cc_compile_date : Sun Dec 25 21:46:52 PST 2016
xend_config_format : 4
List all running domain details
[root@ovs01 ~]# xm list
Name ID Mem VCPUs State Time(s)
0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3 2 515 2 -b---- 140.8
Domain-0 0 814 4 r----- 1032.5
To list details for particular VM
[root@ovs01 ~]# xm list 0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3
Name ID Mem VCPUs State Time(s)
0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3 2 515 2 -b---- 150.1
Detail information about the VM
[root@ovs01 ~]# xm list 0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3 -l
VM Grace Shutdown
[root@ovs01 ~]# xm shutdown 0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3
To start the VM
[root@ovs01 ~]# xm create /OVS/Repositories/0004fb000003000082b0d717e2f9871d/VirtualMachines/0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3/vm.cfg
Using config file "/OVS/Repositories/0004fb000003000082b0d717e2f9871d/VirtualMachines/0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3/vm.cfg".
Started domain 0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3 (id=3)
VM Kill/PowerOff and Reboot
[root@ovs01 ~]# xm destroy 0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3
[root@ovs01 ~]# xm reboot 0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3
To get the VM MAC details
[root@ovs01 ~]# xm network-list 0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3
Idx BE MAC Addr. handle state evt-ch tx-/rx-ring-ref BE-path
0 0 00:21:f6:96:bf:12 0 1 -1 -1 /-1 /local/domain/0/backend/vif/4/0
To monitor the Xen Domain
[root@ovs01 ~]# xm top
VM current state
[root@ovs01 ~]# xm domstate 0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3
idle
To list all domain CPU details
[root@ovs01 ~]# xm vcpu-list
Name ID VCPU CPU State Time(s) CPU Affinity
0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3 4 0 1 -b- 70.9 0-1
0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3 4 1 0 -b- 22.5 0-1
Domain-0 0 0 1 -b- 255.5 any cpu
Domain-0 0 1 3 -b- 385.1 any cpu
Domain-0 0 2 2 -b- 237.5 any cpu
Domain-0 0 3 0 r-- 335.8 any cpu
To see Domain uptime
[root@ovs01 ~]# xm uptime
Name ID Uptime
0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3 4 0:05:21
Domain-0 0 1:31:59
DRY-RUN command to check whether domain is able to access the resources
[root@ovs01 ~]# xm dry-run /OVS/Repositories/0004fb000003000082b0d717e2f9871d/VirtualMachines/0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3/vm.cfg
Using config file "/OVS/Repositories/0004fb000003000082b0d717e2f9871d/VirtualMachines/0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3/vm.cfg".
Checking domain:
0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3: PERMITTED
Checking resources:
file:/OVS/Repositories/0004fb000003000082b0d717e2f9871d/VirtualDisks/0004fb0000120000590b281ac02ac9b2.img: PERMITTED
file:/OVS/Repositories/0004fb000003000082b0d717e2f9871d/ISOs/0004fb0000150000006463c3fe40be43.iso: PERMITTED
Dry Run: PASSED
VM Live migration to other Oracle VM Server
[root@ovs01 ~]# xm migrate -l 0004fb0000060000524f9d3e43fd71f3 ovs02.lab.local
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