[Users] How to start VM without ovirt

[Vinzenz Feenstra]

On 11/06/2012 08:54 PM, EricD wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Im really concern about the ovirt-engine.
> I do db & config files backup but is there a way to stop|start VM with 
> virsh directly in the hypervisors via CLI if the ovirt-engine ain't 
> working, crashed, .... ?
>
> I tried with `*virsh start <VM>`* with the '*vdsm at rhevh*' account but 
> didn't work. Seems like this user as restricted privileges.
You can use for example vdsCli (package vdsm-cli) for this.
vdsCli [-s] 0 destroy vmid
vdsCli [-s] 0 list gives you the list of running vms on the node.

Note: 0 stands for the current host you're on. You also can do this 
remotely if you replace 0 with the IP of the node/host.

>
> Regards,
>
>
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Regards,

Vinzenz Feenstra
Senior Software Engineer
IRC: vfeenstr or evilissimo
Red Hat Czech Republic

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