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Display the specified data source for a VM.
Select the VM(s) on which to perform this operation by using the standard selection mechanism (see
). Optional arguments can be any number of the
listed at the beginning of this section.
If no parameters to select hosts are given, the operation will be performed on all VMs.
vm-destroy
vm-destroy
uuid=
<uuid_of_vm>
Destroy the specified VM. This leaves the storage associated with the VM intact. To delete storage as well, use
xe vm-uninstall.
xe vm-uninstall.
vm-disk-add
vm-disk-add
disk-size=
<size_of_disk_to_add>
device=
<uuid_of_device>
[
<vm-selector>
=
<vm_selector_value>
...]
Add a new disk to the specified VMs. Select the
device
parameter from the value of the
allowed-VBD-
devices
parameter of the VMs.
The
disk-size
parameter can be specified in bytes or using the IEC standard suffixes KiB (2
10
bytes), MiB (2
20
bytes), GiB (2
30
bytes), and TiB (2
40
bytes).
The VM or VMs on which this operation should be performed are selected using the standard selection
mechanism (see
mechanism (see
). Optional arguments can be any number of the
listed at the
beginning of this section.
vm-disk-list
vm-disk-list
[vbd-params] [vdi-params] [
<vm-selector>
=
<vm_selector_value>
...]
Lists disks attached to the specified VMs. The
vbd-params
and
vdi-params
parameters control the fields
of the respective objects to output and should be given as a comma-separated list, or the special key
all
for
the complete list.
The VM or VMs on which this operation should be performed are selected using the standard selection
mechanism (see
mechanism (see
). Optional arguments can be any number of the
listed at the
beginning of this section.
vm-disk-remove
vm-disk-remove
device=
<integer_label_of_disk>
[
<vm-selector>
=
<vm_selector_value>
...]
Remove a disk from the specified VMs and destroy it.
The VM or VMs on which this operation should be performed are selected using the standard selection
mechanism (see
mechanism (see
). Optional arguments can be any number of the
listed at the
beginning of this section.
vm-export
vm-export
filename=
<export_filename>
[metadata=
<true | false>
]
[
<vm-selector>
=
<vm_selector_value>
...]
Export the specified VMs (including disk images) to a file on the local machine. Specify the filename to export the
VM into using the
VM into using the
filename
parameter. By convention, the filename should have a
.xva
extension.