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.Dd November 13, 2016
.Dt BHYVECTL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm bhyvectl
.Nd "control utility for bhyve instances"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Fl -vm= Ns Ar <vmname>
.Op Fl -create
.Op Fl -destroy
.Op Fl -get-stats
.Op Fl -inject-nmi
.Op Fl -force-reset
.Op Fl -force-poweroff
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
command is a control utility for active
.Xr bhyve 8
virtual machine instances.
.Pp
.Em Note :
Most
.Nm
flags are intended for querying and setting the state of an active instance.
These commands are intended for development purposes, and are not documented here.
A complete list can be obtained by executing
.Nm
without any arguments.
.Pp
The user-facing options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width ".Fl d Ar argument"
.It Fl -vm= Ns Ar <vmname>
Operate on the virtual machine
.Ar <vmname> .
.It Fl -create
Create the specified VM.
.It Fl -destroy
Destroy the specified VM.
.It Fl -get-stats
Retrieve statistics for the specified VM.
.It Fl -inject-nmi
Inject a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) into the VM.
.It Fl -force-reset
Force the VM to reset.
.It Fl -force-poweroff
Force the VM to power off.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
.Sh EXAMPLES
Destroy the VM called fbsd10:
.Pp
.Dl "bhyvectl --vm=fbsd10 --destroy"
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr bhyve 8 ,
.Xr bhyveload 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command first appeared in
.Fx 10.1 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
The
.Nm
utility was written by
.An Peter Grehan
and
.An Neel Natu .