6.2. Virtctl client commands
The virtctl client is a command-line utility for managing OpenShift Virtualization resources. The following table contains the virtctl commands used throughout the OpenShift Virtualization documentation.
To view a list of options that you can use with a command, run it with the -h or --help flag. For example:
$ virtctl image-upload -h
| Command | Description |
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| Start a virtual machine. |
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| Stop a virtual machine. |
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| Pause a virtual machine or virtual machine instance. The machine state is kept in memory. |
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| Unpause a virtual machine or virtual machine instance. |
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| Migrate a virtual machine. |
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| Restart a virtual machine. |
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| Create a service that forwards a designated port of a virtual machine or virtual machine instance and expose the service on the specified port of the node. |
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| Connect to a serial console of a virtual machine instance. |
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| Open a VNC connection to a virtual machine instance. |
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| Upload a virtual machine image to a DataVolume that already exists. |
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| Upload a virtual machine image to a new DataVolume. |
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| Display the client and server version information. |
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