Xen and KVM by Shell Job

This section includes details about the job.

Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Parameter	Type	Description
virsh_path	String	The full path to the virsh management utility.

Discovery Flow

Discover list of domains

virsh list sample output:

Id Name                 State
----------------------------------
0 Domain-0             running
15 ucmdb-vm-vista       idle
16 ucmdb-vm-xp          idle

Discover list of domain configurations

The following command creates an xml file with the configuration:

virsh dumpxml <domain_name>
1. Distinguishing hypervisor:
  
  Xen : <domain type='xen' id='15'>
  
  KVM: <domain type='kvm' id='12'>
2. VM memory configuration
  
  Xen and KVM : <memory>1572864</memory> <currentMemory>1572864</currentMemory>
3. VM CPU configuration
  
  Xen and KVM: <vcpu>1</vcpu>
4. VM Networking configuration
  
  Xen and KVM: <interface type='bridge'><mac address='00:16:3e:20:4e:56'/><source bridge='xenbr0'/><script path='vif-bridge'/><target dev='vif15.0'/></interface>