On 11/13/2010 02:05 AM, Kenni Lund wrote: > 2010/11/13 MargoAndTodd<margoandtodd at gmail.com>: >> On 11/11/2010 01:50 PM, Kenni Lund wrote: >>> You'll never need to run it from the command line, use the available >>> management tools (libvirt+virsh from the command line, >>> libvirt+virt-manager from X11), it makes your life much much easier. >>> I've been running qemu-kvm from the command line for several years, >>> and while it's fine to know how the system works, then you definitely >>> don't want to manage your enterprise virtual machines that way. For >>> example, if you start qemu-kvm twice in parallel, with the same HDD >>> image, you'll damage or destroy your HDD image. Libvirt takes care of >>> such banalities and many others. >> >> Thank you! >> >> These are small business servers. The CentOS server is the only server >> on the network. I start my VM's in rc.local and shut them down in >> rd.shutdown (I wrote my own). So, I am stuck with the command line. >> Thank you for the heads up on running them twice! >> >> But, on my new office machine, I will be running them headed, so I >> will be using your instructions there. > > Running from the command line doesn't mean you can't use the management tools: > > Quick'n'dirty overview: > > Install new guests: > virt-install > > Start guest: > virsh start $guestname > > List running guests: > virsh list > virsh list --all > > Shutdown guest (sends an ACPI signal to the guest, telling it to > shutdown correctly - same a clicking on the power button for 1 sec on > most computers): > virsh shutdown $guestname > > Shutdown guest immediately (like pulling the power cable from a computer): > virsh destroy $guestname > > Edit a guest: > virsh edit $guestname > > etc. etc...run virsh --help and virt-install --help for more options. > > Best regards > Kenni > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt > Thank you!