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Shut down the specified VM.
The VM or VMs on which this operation should be performed are selected using the standard selection
mechanism (see VM selectors). Optional arguments can be any number of the VM parameters listed at the
beginning of this section.
Use the force argument to cause an ungraceful shutdown, similar to pulling the plug on a physical server.
vm-start
vm-start [<vm-selector>=<vm_selector_value>...] [force=<true | false>] [on=<XenServer host UUID>] [--
multiple]
Start the specified VMs.
The VM or VMs on which this operation should be performed are selected using the standard selection
mechanism (see VM selectors). Optional arguments can be any number of the VM parameters listed at the
beginning of this section.
If the VMs are on a shared SR in a pool of hosts, use the on argument to specify which host in the pool
on which to start the VMs. By default the system will determine an appropriate host, which might be any
of the members of the pool.
vm-suspend
vm-suspend [<vm-selector>=<vm_selector_value>...]
Suspend the specified VM.
The VM or VMs on which this operation should be performed are selected using the standard selection
mechanism (see VM selectors). Optional arguments can be any number of the VM parameters listed at the
beginning of this section.
vm-uninstall
vm-uninstall [<vm-selector>=<vm_selector_value>...] [force=<true | false>]
Uninstall a VM, destroying its disks (those VDIs that are marked RW and connected to this VM only) as well
as its metadata record. To simply destroy the VM metadata, use xe vm-destroy.
The VM or VMs on which this operation should be performed are selected using the standard selection
mechanism (see VM selectors). Optional arguments can be any number of the VM parameters listed at the
beginning of this section.
vm-vcpu-hotplug
vm-vcpu-hotplug new-vcpus=<new_vcpu_count> [<vm-selector>=<vm_selector_value>...]
Dynamically adjust the number of VCPUs available to a running paravirtual Linux VM within the number
bounded by the parameter VCPUs-max. Windows VMs always run with the number of VCPUs set to VCPUs-
max and must be rebooted to change this value.
The paravirtualized Linux VM or VMs on which this operation should be performed are selected using
the standard selection mechanism (see VM selectors). Optional arguments can be any number of the VM
parameters listed at the beginning of this section.