115 lines
3.4 KiB
Groff
115 lines
3.4 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 2015 Christian Brueffer
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd May 4, 2020
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.Dt BHYVECTL 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm bhyvectl
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.Nd "control utility for bhyve instances"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Fl -vm= Ns Ar <vmname>
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.Op Fl -create
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.Op Fl -destroy
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.Op Fl -get-stats
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.Op Fl -inject-nmi
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.Op Fl -force-reset
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.Op Fl -force-poweroff
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.Op Fl -checkpoint= Ns Ar <filename>
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.Op Fl -suspend= Ns Ar <filename>
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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command is a control utility for active
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.Xr bhyve 8
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virtual machine instances.
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.Pp
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.Em Note :
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Most
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.Nm
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flags are intended for querying and setting the state of an active instance.
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These commands are intended for development purposes, and are not documented here.
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A complete list can be obtained by executing
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.Nm
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without any arguments.
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.Pp
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The user-facing options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Fl d Ar argument"
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.It Fl -vm= Ns Ar <vmname>
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Operate on the virtual machine
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.Ar <vmname> .
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.It Fl -create
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Create the specified VM.
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.It Fl -destroy
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Destroy the specified VM.
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.It Fl -get-stats
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Retrieve statistics for the specified VM.
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.It Fl -inject-nmi
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Inject a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) into the VM.
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.It Fl -force-reset
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Force the VM to reset.
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.It Fl -force-poweroff
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Force the VM to power off.
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.It Fl -checkpoint= Ns Ar <filename>
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Save a snapshot of a virtual machine.
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The guest memory contents are saved in the file given in
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.Ar <filename> .
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The guest device and vCPU state are saved in the file
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.Ar <filename>.kern .
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.It Fl -suspend= Ns Ar <filename>
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Save a snapshot of a virtual machine similar to
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.Fl -checkpoint .
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The virtual machine will terminate after the snapshot has been
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saved.
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.El
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.Sh EXIT STATUS
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.Ex -std
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Destroy the VM called fbsd10:
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.Pp
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.Dl "bhyvectl --vm=fbsd10 --destroy"
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.Sh COMPATIBILITY
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The snapshot file format is not yet stable and is subject to future changes.
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Backwards compatibility support for the current snapshot file format is not
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guaranteed when future changes are made.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr bhyve 8 ,
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.Xr bhyveload 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command first appeared in
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.Fx 10.1 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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The
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.Nm
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utility was written by
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.An Peter Grehan
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and
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.An Neel Natu .
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