KVM or Kernel-based Virtual Machine is one of the alternative technology available to create virtual machines which can used further. There can be lots of virtual machines created in the server installed with it. In the context of this article, in order to display those virtual machines created in the form of list in KVM (Kernel-based Virtualization Machine) as a virtualization technology platform chosen installed in the actual physical server, it can actually be done by executing a certain command via command line, that certain command in the following is the actual command which can be executed as shown below :
virsh list
The above command is executed in a real situation with the output generated as shown below :
[root@hostname ~]# virsh list Id Name State ---------------------------------------------------- 3 instance-00000023 running 4 instance-0000007b running 5 instance-00000040 running 6 instance-00000053 running 7 instance-0000007f running 10 instance-0000002b running 13 instance-00000025 running [root@hostname ~]#
The above output generated only shows the virtual machine with a running state. So, in order to display all of the actual virtual machine exist in the machine installed or utilized with KVM Virtualization Platform, just add an additional argument in order to display all of it with the following pattern :
virsh list --all
Below is the actual output of the command generated in a real situation executed in a physical server installed with KVM Virtualization Platform :
[root@hostname ~]# virsh list --all Id Name State ---------------------------------------------------- 3 instance-00000023 running 4 instance-0000007b running 5 instance-00000040 running 6 instance-00000053 running 7 instance-0000007f running 10 instance-0000002b running 13 instance-00000025 running - instance-0000001c shut off - instance-00000021 shut off - instance-0000002a shut off - instance-0000002e shut off - instance-0000002f shut off - instance-00000031 shut off - instance-00000032 shut off - instance-00000035 shut off - instance-00000036 shut off - instance-00000037 shut off - instance-00000044 shut off [root@hostname ~]#
As shown in the above output generated after the command execution, it can be seen that the only virtual machine displayed are not not only the running one but also the virtual machine exist in the state of poweroff or shut off.
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