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refentrytitle>virt-manager</
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refmiscinfo class="date">8 Oct 2007</
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refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</
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refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</
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refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</
refmiscinfo>
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refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</
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indexterm><
primary>virt-manager</
primary></
indexterm>
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indexterm><
primary>Virtual Machine Manager</
primary></
indexterm>
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refnamediv id="virt-manager-1-name"><
refname>&cmd;</
refname>
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refpurpose>Desktop application for managing virtual machines</
refpurpose></
refnamediv>
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refsynopsisdiv id="virt-manager-1-synp"><
title>&synp-tt;</
title>
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cmdsynopsis><
command>&cmd;</
command>
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arg choice="opt"><
option role="nodash"><
replaceable>-h, --help</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
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arg choice="opt"><
option role="nodash"><
replaceable>--profile=FILE</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
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arg choice="opt"><
option role="nodash"><
replaceable>-c URI, --connect=URI</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
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arg choice="opt"><
option role="nodash"><
replaceable>--debug</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
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arg choice="opt"><
option role="nodash"><
replaceable>--no-dbus</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
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arg choice="opt"><
option role="nodash"><
replaceable>--no-fork</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
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arg choice="opt"><
option role="nodash"><
replaceable>--no-conn-autostart</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
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arg choice="opt"><
option role="nodash"><
replaceable>--show-domain-creator</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
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arg choice="opt"><
option role="nodash"><
replaceable>--show-domain-editor=UUID</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
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arg choice="opt"><
option role="nodash"><
replaceable>--show-domain-performance=UUID</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
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arg choice="opt"><
option role="nodash"><
replaceable>--show-domain-console=UUID</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
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arg choice="opt"><
option role="nodash"><
replaceable>--show-host-summary</
replaceable></
option></
arg>
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refsect1 id="virt-manager-1-desc"><
title>&desc-tt;</
title>
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para>The "Virtual Machine Manager" (&cmd;) is a desktop application for
16891N/Amanaging virtual machines. </
para>
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para>It presents a summary view of running domains and their live performance & resource utilization statistics. A detailed view presents graphs showing performance & utilization over time. Ultimately it will allow creation of new domains, and configuration & adjustment of a domain's resource allocation & virtual hardware. An embedded VNC client viewer presents a full graphical console to the guest domain.</
para>
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para>You need root access to run &cmd;. </
para></
refsect1>
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refsect1 id="virt-manager-1-opts"><
title>&opts-tt;</
title>
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para>The following options are supported:</
para>
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variablelist termlength="large">
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term><
option>-h, --help</
option></
term>
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para>show this help message and exit.</
para>
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term><
option>--profile=FILE</
option></
term>
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para>Generate runtime performance profile stats.</
para>
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term><
option>-c URI, --connect=URI</
option></
term>
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para>Connect to hypervisor at URI.</
para>
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term><
option>--debug</
option></
term>
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para>Print debug output to stdout. Requires --no-fork option.</
para>
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term><
option>--no-dbus</
option></
term>
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para>Disable DBus service for controlling UI.</
para>
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term><
option>--no-fork</
option></
term>
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para>Don't fork into background on startup.</
para>
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term><
option>--no-conn-autostart</
option></
term>
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para>Do not autostart connections.</
para>
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term><
option>--show-domain-creator</
option></
term>
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para>Create a new virtual machine.</
para>
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term><
option>--show-domain-editor=UUID</
option></
term>
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para>Edit a domain configuration.</
para>
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term><
option>--show-domain-performance=UUID</
option></
term>
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para>Show a domain performance.</
para>
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term><
option>--show-domain-console=UUID</
option></
term>
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para>Show a domain console.</
para>
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term><
option>--show-host-summary</
option></
term>
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para>Show a host summary.</
para>
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refsect1 id="virt-manager-1-exam"><
title>&exam-tt;</
title>
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title>Launching virtual machine manager</
title>
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para><
screen>example% <
userinput>&cmd;</
userinput></
screen></
para>
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title>Show option information for &cmd;</
title>
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para><
screen>example% <
userinput>&cmd; -h</
userinput></
screen></
para>
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refsect1 id="virt-manager-1-exit"><
title>&exit-tt;</
title>
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para>The following exit values are returned:</
para>
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variablelist termlength="xtranarrow">
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varlistentry><
term><
returnvalue>0</
returnvalue></
term><
listitem><
para>Application
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varlistentry><
term><
returnvalue>>0</
returnvalue></
term><
listitem><
para>Application
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refsect1 id="virt-manager-1-file"><
title>&file-tt;</
title>
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para>The following files are used by this application:</
para>
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variablelist termlength="wide">
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para>Executable for the virtual manager</
para>
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term><
filename>$HOME/.&cmd;/&cmd;.log</
filename></
term>
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para>Used to store the log for &cmd;.</
para>
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para>&cmd; Python source code.</
para>
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refsect1 id="virt-manager-1-attr"><
title>&attr-tt;</
title>
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para>See <
olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><
citerefentry>
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refentrytitle>attributes</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>5</
manvolnum></
citerefentry></
olink>
12385N/Afor descriptions of the following attributes:</
para>
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colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">
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colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">
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row><
entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</
entry><
entry align="center" 12385N/Avalign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</
entry></
row>
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entry><
para>SUNWvirt-manager-root</
para></
entry></
row>
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row><
entry colname="COLSPEC0"><
para>Interface stability</
para></
entry><
entry 12385N/Acolname="COLSPEC1"><
para>Uncommitted</
para></
entry></
row>
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refsect1 id="virt-manager-1-also"><
title>&also-tt;</
title>
12385N/A<!--Reference to another man page--> 12385N/A<!--Reference to a Help manual--> 16891N/A<
citerefentry><
refentrytitle>virt-install</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>1M</
manvolnum></
citerefentry>,
16891N/A<
citerefentry><
refentrytitle>virt-clone</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>1M</
manvolnum></
citerefentry>,
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citerefentry><
refentrytitle>virsh</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>1M</
manvolnum></
citerefentry>,
16891N/A<
citerefentry><
refentrytitle>vdiskadm</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>1M</
manvolnum></
citerefentry>,
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citerefentry><
refentrytitle>xm</
refentrytitle><
manvolnum>1M</
manvolnum></
citerefentry>
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refsect1 id="virt-manager-1-note"><
title>¬e-tt;</
title>
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para>Written by Henry Zhang, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2007.</
para>
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para>Amended by Matt Keenan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2009.</
para>