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6 virt-manager - display the virtual machine desktop management tool
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9 virt-manager [OPTIONS]
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12 virt-manager is a desktop tool for managing virtual machines. It
13 provides the ability to control the lifecycle of existing machines
14 (bootup/shutdown,pause/resume,suspend/restore), provision new virtual
15 machines and various types of store, manage virtual networks, access
16 the graphical console of virtual machines, and view performance
17 statistics, all done locally or remotely.
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20 The following options are accepted when running "virt-manager":
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22 -h
23 --help
24 Display command line help summary
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26 --version
27 Show virt-manager's version number and exit
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30 --connect=URI
31 Specify the hypervisor connection "URI"
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33 --debug
34 List debugging output to the console (normally this is only logged
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38 --no-fork
39 Don't fork "virt-manager" off into the background: run it blocking
40 the current terminal. Useful for seeing possible errors dumped to
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43 --show-DIALOG-WINDOW
44 Display the corresponding "DIALOG-WINDOW" when launching
45 "virt-manager". Connection autostart is skipped, and the manager
46 window will not be shown at startup in this case.
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48 The following "DIALOG-WINDOW" options are currently available:
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50 --show-domain-creator
51 Display the wizard for creating new virtual machines
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53 --show-domain-editor NAME|ID|UUID
54 Display the dialog for editing properties of the virtual
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58 --show-domain-performance NAME|ID|UUID
59 Display the dialog for monitoring performance of the virtual
60 machine with unique ID matching either the domain name, ID, or
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63 --show-domain-console NAME|ID|UUID
64 Display the virtual console of the virtual machine with unique
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67 --show-host-summary
68 Display the main window summarizing performance for all virtual
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77 Copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc, and various contributors. This is free
78 software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU
79 General Public License "https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html". There
80 is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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