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How to forcefully shutdown a guest VM using virsh command on Linux KVM

February 26, 2017in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, Linux KVM, RedHat and Friends, Suse, Virtualization last updated February 26, 2017

I used the command ‘virsh shutdown vm1’ to shut down a guest named vm1 using the virsh command. However, it is still running, and my vm1 is not responding to an ssh session. Is there is a way to forcefully stop or kill a guest VM using the virsh command from host server?

How to enable KVM virsh console access for Ubuntu Linux VM

February 19, 2017in Linux, Linux KVM, Ubuntu Linux last updated February 19, 2017

I just followed your tutorial and setup KVM with Ubuntu Linux as a new guest virtual machine. However, I am unable to use the command: ‘virsh console vm’. How do I setup and enable console access in order to gain shell access on the newly created Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS VM?

How to add disk image to KVM virtual machine with virsh command

February 17, 2017February 27, 2017in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, Linux KVM, RedHat and Friends, Suse last updated February 27, 2017

How do I add additional disk storage to a guest operating system to KVM virtual machine with virsh command on Linux operating system?

How to rename KVM virtual machine (VM) domain with virsh command

February 16, 2017in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, Linux KVM, RedHat and Friends, Suse last updated February 16, 2017

How do I rename KVM-powered virtual machine from foo to bar using virsh command line option on Linux?

How to clone existing KVM virtual machine images on Linux

February 16, 2017February 28, 2017in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, Linux KVM, RedHat and Friends, Suse, Virtualization last updated February 28, 2017

I wanted to clone my Debian or Ubuntu Linux KVM VM for testing purpose. How do I clone existing virtual machine images under KVM?

Linux kvm exit from a virsh console command

November 10, 2016in Linux, Linux KVM, UNIX last updated November 10, 2016

I installed KVM on Ubuntu server as described here. However, I am unable to get out of a ‘virsh console domain’ command. How can I exit from a “virsh console” connection over ssh based session?

How to delete KVM VM guest using virsh command

October 28, 2016October 28, 2016in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, Linux KVM, RedHat and Friends, Suse, Virtualization last updated October 28, 2016

I am a new Linux and KVM user. How do I delete a VM guest with virsh command line on Linux operating system? How do I delete a virtual machine called vps42 on Ubuntu or CentOS Linux server?