mvmctl

Synopsis

mvmctl -c [<options>] <vmid>
mvmctl -d <vmid>
mvmctl -m [<options>] <vmid>
mvmctl -M dsthost=<newhost> <vmid>
mvmctl -q <vmid> [--xml]

Overview

mvmctl controls the creation, modification, querying, migration, and destruction of virtual machines (VMs).

Format

-c
Name:	Create
Format:	[<options>] <vmid> The <options> variable is a comma-separated list of <attr>=<value> pairs. Where the <attr> attribute is one of the following: feature - Dictates initial placement and automatic live migration of the VM. This needs to run on a hypervisor with that feature already installed. Multiple features are specified in the following form: <feature=<featurename1>[[:<featurename2>]:...] image - The VM type/image to use for the new VM. hypervisor - The node on which the new VM resides. disk - Disk space for the VM OS. mem - Amount of memory to use. procs - Number of processors for the VM. sovereign - Boolean. template - Job template for the VM. The vm_create job inherits the template. variable - User-defined VM variables (of the form <varname>:<value>[+<varname>:<value>] - must be a name/value pair). storage - Storage request (not OS disk storage). Only viable at create time; cannot be modified. Storage is a percent sign-delimited list of storage requests with the following form: <type>:<size>@'<mountPoint>' You can define advanced storage options with the following syntax: <TYPE>:<SIZE>@'<MOUNTPOINT>'#'<MOUNTOPTIONS>^<MOUNTOWNER>%...' <MOUNTOWNER> and <MOUNTOPTIONS> are Linux mount parameters and are not processed or parsed by Moab. They are passed indiscriminately. Multiple storage requests are allowed and are delimited by the percent symbol (%). trigger - A trigger to attach to a VM. The Start trigger is the only trigger you can use on a VM. Note that the vmid must be unique; Moab returns an error if the name is already taken.
Default:	---
Description:	Creates a VM.
Example:	> mvmctl -c image=rhel51,hypervisor=n4,storage=gold:3@'/data/mount1'%silver:5@'/data/mount2'%gold:3@'/data/mount3' MyTestVM > mvmctl -c image=rhel51,hypervisor=n4,storage=gold:3%silver:5@'/data/mount/silver' MyTestVM > mvmctl -c hypervisor=n4,variable=build_email:"exampleadmin"+hosttype:"dev"+identifier:"42424",mem=4096,procs=2,storage=os:16@'/'%nobackup:20@'/tools/ptx6'#'rw^root:root',image=rhel54-stateful test_vm
-d
Name:	Destroy
Format:	<vmid>
Default:	---
Description:	Destroys the specified VM.
Example:	> mvmctl -d oldVM
-m
Name:	Modify
Format:	[<options>] <vmid> The <options> variable is a comma-separated list of <attr>=<value> pairs.
Default:	---
Description:	Modifies the VM.
Example:	> mvmctl -m gevent=hitemp:'mymessage' myNewVM Gevents can be set using `gevent`. > mvmctl -m gmetric=bob:5.6 myNewVM Gmetrics can be set using `gmetric`. > mvmctl -m os=compute myNewVM Reprovisioning is done by changing `os`. > mvmctl -m powerstate=off myNewVM Power management is done by modifying `powerstate`. > mvmctl -m trigger=etype=start\&atype=exec\&action='trig.py $OID $HOSTLIST' myNewVM The modify variable uses the same syntax as Create. > mvmctl -m variable=user:bob+purpose:myVM myNewVM
Notes:	The variable option is a set-only operation. Previous variables will be over-written.
-M
Name:	Migrate
Format:	dsthost=<newhost> <vmid>
Default:	---
Description:	Migrate the given VM to the destination host.
Example:	> mvmctl -M dsthost=node05 myNewVM myNewVM migrates to node05 > mvmctl -M dsthost=ANY vm42 Moab migrates vm42 to a node based on policy destination limitations (such as the NoVMMigrations flag).
-q
Name:	Query
Format:	<vmid> [--xml]
Default:	---
Description:	Queries the specified VM; that is, it returns detailed information about the given VM. May be used with or without the --xml flag. "ALL" may also be used to display information about all VMs.
Example:	< mvmctl -q myNewVM < mvmctl -q ALL --xml

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