Citrix Systems 6 manual Vm-destroy, Vm-disk-add, Vm-disk-list, Vm-disk-remove, Vm-export

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 VM selectors). Optional arguments can be any number of the VM parameters 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.

vm-disk-add

vm-disk-adddisk-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-sizeparameter can be specified in bytes or using the IEC standard suffixes KiB (210 bytes), MiB (220 bytes), GiB (230 bytes), and TiB (240 bytes).

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-disk-list

vm-disk-list[vbd-params] [vdi-params] [<vm-selector>=<vm_selector_value>...]

Lists disks attached to the specified VMs. The vbd-paramsand vdi-paramsparameters 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 VM selectors). Optional arguments can be any number of the VM parameters listed at the beginning of this section.

vm-disk-remove

vm-disk-removedevice=<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 VM selectors). Optional arguments can be any number of the VM parameters listed at the beginning of this section.

vm-export

vm-exportfilename=<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 filename parameter. By convention, the filename should have a .xva extension.

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