Clone VM on VMware ESXi using vmkfstools
Free version of VMware ESXi don’t provide option to clone virtual machine. If you want to clone a VM, you
virsh list
To list all VM on a KVM server, run Example To view all Virtual machines including stopped VM’s, use –all
virsh nodeinfo
To see information about a KVM node, run Example See virsh
virsh
virsh command is used to manage KVM vps. It is part of libvirt package. http://libvirt.org virsh list virsh nodeinfo How
LXD container snapshot and restore
lxc allow you to take snapshot, restore snapshot of a container. Here we create a snapshot, then delete the /etc
Install LXD on Ubuntu
Create a Debian Container in LXD How to connect to lxd container LXD container snapshot and restore How do I
lxc
LXC is Linux Container, allows you to run lightweight virtual servers on your computer. It is better use LXD instead
Create lxc container with lxc-create
lxc-create is used to create lxc container. To create a container, run This will list all available containers. You can
xe vm-list
xe vm-list command is used to list all VM on a Xen Server. See Xen
Xen
xe vm-list Manage XenServer from command line with xe xsconsole
Delete a disk partition in VMWare ESXI
To delete a partition in VMWare ESXI, you can use command First find out all disks available on your server
VMWare ESXI Commands
To find vmware version, run Example To find IP address, run See VMWare esxcli