====== Virsh - manage KVM guest virtual machines  ======

Virsh is a management user interface for virsh guest domains. Virsh can be used to create, pause, restart, and shutdown domains. In addition, virsh can be used to list current domains available in your Virtualization hypervisor platform.

The basic structure of most virsh usage is: <code bash>virsh [OPTION]... <command> <domain> [ARG]...</code>

===== List Domains =====

  * List all domains: <code bash>virsh list --all</code>
  * List all //running// domains: <code bash>virsh list</code>

===== Control VMs =====

  * Start VM: <code bash>virsh start vmname</code>
  * Graceful shutdown VM: <code bash>virsh shutdown vmname</code>
  * Force shutdown VM: <code bash>virsh destroy vmname</code>
  * Reboot VM: <code bash>virsh reboot vmname</code>
  * Suspend VM: <code bash>virsh suspend vmname</code>
  * Resume VM: <code bash>virsh resume vmname</code>
  * Save VM state: <code bash>virsh save vmname filename.save</code>
  * Restore saved VM: <code bash>virsh restore filename.save</code>

===== Additional Management Functions =====

  * Set VM to autostart: <code bash>virsh autostart vmname</code>
  * Disable autostart for VM: <code bash>virsh autostart --disable vmname</code>