XenServer Command Cheat Sheet

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Whether you usually manage your XenServer VMs through Center or through the CLI, this XenServer Command Cheat Sheet can come in handy. This list contains all the commands I found myself using on a regular basis.

Replace any parts of code in <> with the value it asks for (removing the <> for the actual command)

Common Commands

  • Find VM UUID
xe vm-list name-label=<**Name of VM**>
  • Change memory (Note: The UUID of the VM does not need to be located, by appending --minimal to the above command it returns just the UUID for <**Name of VM**>)
xe vm-memory-limits-set uuid=$(xe vm-list name-label=<**Name of VM**> --minimal) static-min=<**Lowest**>GiB dynamic-min=<**Lower**>GiB dynamic-max=<**Higher**>GiB static-max=<**Highest**>GiB
  • Restart Xen services (memory balloon, xapi, xenopsd, etc - Useful if a lot of normal xen tasks aren't working properly [e.g booting VMs])
xe-toolstack-restart
  • Find memory information for a VM
xe vm-param-list uuid=$(xe vm-list name-label=<**Name of VM**> --minimal) |grep " memory"
  • Export a VM to xva file
xe vm-export vm=<**Name of VM**> filename=**/route/to/<Name of File>**.xva
  • Import a VM from xva file
xe vm-import filename=**/route/to/<Name of File>**.xva
  • Change name of VM
xe vm-param-set name-label=<**New Name of VM**> uuid=$(xe vm-list name-label=<**Name of VM**> --minimal)
  • Change CPUs assigned to a VM
xe vm-param-set uuid=$(xe vm-list name-label=<**Name of VM**> --minimal) VCPUs-max=<**X**> VCPUs-at-startup=<**X**>

Complex Commands

  • Print info about paramater for every VM on the server
for i in $(xe vm-list |grep uuid |awk '{print $5}') ; do echo -n "$(xe vm-list uuid=$i |grep name |awk '{print $4}'): " ; xe vm-param-list uuid=$i |grep <**paramater**> ; done