virt-manager/man/virt-manager.pod
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=head1 NAME
virt-manager - display the virtual machine desktop management tool
=head1 SYNOPSIS
B<virt-manager> [OPTIONS]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
B<virt-manager> is a desktop tool for managing virtual machines. It
provides the ability to control the lifecycle of existing machines
(bootup/shutdown,pause/resume,suspend/restore), provision new virtual
machines and various types of store, manage virtual networks,
access the graphical console of virtual machines, and view performance
statistics, all done locally or remotely.
=head1 OPTIONS
The following options are accepted when running C<virt-manager>:
=over 4
=item B<-h>
=item B<--help>
Display command line help summary
=item B<--version>
Show virt-manager's version number and exit
=item B<-c> URI
=item B<--connect>=URI
Specify the hypervisor connection C<URI>
=item B<--debug>
List debugging output to the console (normally this is only logged in
~/.cache/virt-manager/virt-manager.log). This function implies --no-fork.
=item B<--no-fork>
Don't fork C<virt-manager> off into the background: run it blocking the
current terminal. Useful for seeing possible errors dumped to stdout/stderr.
=item B<--no-conn-autostart>
Don't autostart any libvirt connections when launching C<virt-manager>.
=item B<--show-DIALOG-WINDOW>
Display the corresponding C<DIALOG-WINDOW> when launching C<virt-manager>. This
function implies --no-conn-autostart and the manager window will not be shown
at startup in this case.
The following C<DIALOG-WINDOW> options are currently available:
=over 4
=item B<--show-domain-creator>
Display the wizard for creating new virtual machines
=item B<--show-domain-editor> NAME|ID|UUID
Display the dialog for editing properties of the virtual machine with
unique ID matching either the domain name, ID, or UUID
=item B<--show-domain-performance> NAME|ID|UUID
Display the dialog for monitoring performance of the virtual machine with
unique ID matching either the domain name, ID, or UUID
=item B<--show-domain-console> NAME|ID|UUID
Display the virtual console of the virtual machine with
unique ID matching either the domain name, ID, or UUID
=item B<--show-host-summary>
Display the main window summarizing performance for all virtual machines
on the host.
=item B<--spice-disable-auto-usbredir>
Auto USB redirection is supported by default. This option switches off it.
=back
=back
Standard GTK options like --g-fatal-warnings are also accepted.
=head1 BUGS
Please see L<http://virt-manager.org/bugs/>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc, and various contributors.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General
Public License C<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.
=head1 SEE ALSO
C<virsh(1)>, C<virt-viewer(1)>, the project website C<http://virt-manager.org>
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