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=head1 NAME
xm - Obsolete xen management user interface
=head1 SYNOPSIS
B<xm> I<subcommand> [I<args>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This program is now superseded by B<xl>, which should be largely
backwards-compatible with B<xm>.
The B<xm> program is the main interface for managing Xen guest domains
when the obsolete Xend toolstack is in use. The program can be used to
create, pause, and shutdown domains. It can also be used to list
current domains, enable or pin VCPUs, and attach or detach virtual
block devices.
The basic structure of every B<xm> command is almost always:
=over 2
B<xm> I<subcommand> I<domain-id> [I<OPTIONS>]
=back
Where I<subcommand> is one of the subcommands listed below, I<domain-id>
is the numeric domain id, or the domain name (which will be internally
translated to domain id), and I<OPTIONS> are subcommand specific
options. There are a few exceptions to this rule in the cases where
the subcommand in question acts on all domains, the entire machine,
or directly on the Xen hypervisor. Those exceptions will be clear for
each of those subcommands.
=head1 NOTES
All B<xm> operations rely upon the Xen control daemon, aka B<xend>.
For any B<xm> commands to run, xend must also be running. For this
reason you should start xend as a service when your system first boots
using Xen.
Most B<xm> commands require root privileges to run due to the
communications channels used to talk to the hypervisor. Running as
non root will return an error.
Most B<xm> commands act synchronously, except maybe create, shutdown,
mem-set and vcpu-set. The fact that the B<xm> command returned doesn't
necessarily mean that the action is complete and you must poll through
xm list periodically to detect that the operation completed.
=head1 DOMAIN SUBCOMMANDS
The following subcommands manipulate domains directly. As stated
previously, most commands take I<domain-id> as the first parameter.
=over 4
=item B<console> I<domain-id>
Attach to domain I<domain-id>'s console. If you've set up your domains to
have a traditional log in console this will look much like a normal
text log in screen.
This uses the back end xenconsole service which currently only
works for para-virtual domains.
The attached console will perform much like a standard serial console,
so running curses based interfaces over the console B<is not
advised>. Vi tends to get very odd when using it over this interface.
Use the key combination Ctrl+] to detach the domain console.
=item B<create> I<configfile> [I<OPTIONS>] [I<vars>]..
The create subcommand requires a config file and can optionally take a
series of I<vars> that add to or override variables defined
in the config file. See L<xmdomain.cfg> for full details of that file
format, and possible options used in either the configfile or for I<vars>.
I<configfile> can either be an absolute path to a file, or a relative
path to a file located in /etc/xen.
Create will return B<as soon> as the domain is started. This B<does
not> mean the guest OS in the domain has actually booted, or is
available for input.
B<OPTIONS>
=over 4
=item B<--help_config>
Print the available configuration variables I<vars>. These variables may be
used on the command line or in the configuration file I<configfile>.
=item B<-q>, B<--quiet>
No console output.
=item B<--path>
Search path for configuration scripts. The value of PATH is a
colon-separated directory list.
=item B<-f=FILE>, B<--defconfig=FILE>
Use the given Python configuration script. The configuration
script is loaded after arguments have been processed. Each
command-line option sets a configuration variable named after
its long option name, and these variables are placed in the
environment of the script before it is loaded. Variables
for options that may be repeated have list values. Other
variables can be set using name=value on the command line.
After the script is loaded, option values that were not set
on the command line are replaced by the values set in the script.
=item B<-F=FILE>, B<--config=FILE>
Use the given SXP formatted configuration script.
SXP is the underlying configuration format used by Xen.
SXP configuration scripts can be hand-written or generated
from Python configuration scripts, using the -n
(dryrun) option to print the configuration. An SXP formatted
configuration file may also be generated for a given I<domain-id> by
redirecting the output from the the B<xm list --long I<domain-id>>
to a file.
=item B<-n>, B<--dryrun>
Dry run - prints the resulting configuration in SXP
but does not create the domain.
=item B<-x>, B<--xmldryrun>
XML dry run - prints the resulting configuration in
XML but does not create the domain.
=item B<-s>, B<--skipdtd>
Skip DTD checking - skips checks on XML before
creating. Experimental. Can decrease create time.
=item B<-p>, B<--paused>
Leave the domain paused after it is created.
=item B<-c>, B<--console_autoconnect>
Attach console to the domain as soon as it has started. This is
useful for determining issues with crashing domains.
=back
B<EXAMPLES>
=over 4
=item I<with config file>
xm create Fedora4
This creates a domain with the file /etc/xen/Fedora4, and returns as
soon as it is run.
=item I<without config file>
xm create /dev/null ramdisk=initrd.img \
kernel=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12.6-xenU \
name=ramdisk vif='' vcpus=1 \
memory=64 root=/dev/ram0
This creates the domain without using a config file (more specifically
using /dev/null as an empty config file), kernel and ramdisk as
specified, setting the name of the domain to "ramdisk", also disabling
virtual networking. (This example comes from the xm-test test suite.)
=back
=item B<delete>
Remove a domain from Xend domain management. The B<xm list> command
shows the domain names.
=item B<destroy> I<domain-id>
Immediately terminate the domain I<domain-id>. This doesn't give the
domain OS any chance to react, and is the equivalent of ripping the
power cord out on a physical machine. In most cases you will want to
use the B<shutdown> command instead.
=item B<domid> I<domain-name>
Converts a domain name to a domain id using xend's internal mapping.
=item B<domname> I<domain-id>
Converts a domain id to a domain name using xend's internal mapping.
=item B<dump-core> [I<OPTIONS>] I<domain-id> [I<filename>]
Dumps the virtual machine's memory for the specified domain to the
I<filename> specified. The dump file will be written to a distribution
specific directory for dump files. Such as: /var/lib/xen/dump or
/var/xen/dump Defaults to dumping the core without pausing the domain
if no I<OPTIONS> are specified.
B<OPTIONS>
=over 4
=item B<-L>, B<--live>
Dump core without pausing the domain.
=item B<-C>, B<--crash>
Crash domain after dumping core.
=back
=item B<help> [B<--long>]
Displays the short help message (i.e. common commands).
The B<--long> option prints out the complete set of B<xm> subcommands,
grouped by function.
=item B<list> [I<OPTIONS>] [I<domain-id> ...]
Prints information about one or more domains. If no domains are
specified it prints out information about all domains.
B<OPTIONS>
=over 4
=item B<-l>, B<--long>
The output for B<xm list> is not the table view shown below, but
instead presents the data in SXP format.
=item B<--label>
Security labels are added to the output of xm list and the lines
are sorted by the labels (ignoring case).
See the ACCESS CONTROL SUBCOMMAND section of this man page for more
information about labels.
=item B<--state=<state>>
Output information for VMs in the specified state.
=back
B<EXAMPLE>
An example format for the list is as follows:
Name ID Mem(MiB) VCPUs State Time(s)
Domain-0 0 98 1 r----- 5068.6
Fedora3 164 128 1 r----- 7.6
Fedora4 165 128 1 ------ 0.6
Mandrake2006 166 128 1 -b---- 3.6
Mandrake10.2 167 128 1 ------ 2.5
Suse9.2 168 100 1 ------ 1.8
Name is the name of the domain. ID the numeric domain id. Mem is the
desired amount of memory to allocate to the domain (although it may
not be the currently allocated amount). VCPUs is the number of
virtual CPUs allocated to the domain. State is the run state (see
below). Time is the total run time of the domain as accounted for by
Xen.
B<STATES>
The State field lists 6 states for a Xen domain, and which ones the
current domain is in.
=over 4
=item B<r - running>
The domain is currently running on a CPU.
=item B<b - blocked>
The domain is blocked, and not running or runnable. This can be caused
because the domain is waiting on IO (a traditional wait state) or has
gone to sleep because there was nothing else for it to do.
=item B<p - paused>
The domain has been paused, usually occurring through the administrator
running B<xm pause>. When in a paused state the domain will still
consume allocated resources like memory, but will not be eligible for
scheduling by the Xen hypervisor.
=item B<s - shutdown>
FIXME: Why would you ever see this state?
=item B<c - crashed>
The domain has crashed, which is always a violent ending. Usually
this state can only occur if the domain has been configured not to
restart on crash. See L<xmdomain.cfg> for more info.
=item B<d - dying>
The domain is in process of dying, but hasn't completely shutdown or
crashed.
FIXME: Is this right?
=back
B<NOTES>
=over 4
The Time column is deceptive. Virtual IO (network and block devices)
used by domains requires coordination by Domain0, which means that
Domain0 is actually charged for much of the time that a DomainU is
doing IO. Use of this time value to determine relative utilizations
by domains is thus very suspect, as a high IO workload may show as
less utilized than a high CPU workload. Consider yourself warned.
=back
=item B<mem-max> I<domain-id> I<mem>
Specify the maximum amount of memory the domain is able to use. I<mem>
is specified in megabytes.
The mem-max value may not correspond to the actual memory used in the
domain, as it may balloon down its memory to give more back to the OS.
=item B<mem-set> I<domain-id> I<mem>
Set the domain's used memory using the balloon driver.
Because this operation requires cooperation from the domain operating
system, there is no guarantee that it will succeed. This command will
definitely not work unless the domain has the required paravirt
driver.
B<Warning:> There is no good way to know in advance how small of a
mem-set will make a domain unstable and cause it to crash. Be very
careful when using this command on running domains.
=item B<migrate> I<domain-id> I<host> [I<OPTIONS>]
Migrate a domain to another host machine. Xend must be running on
other host machine, it must be running the same version of Xen, it
must have the migration TCP port open and accepting connections from
the source host, and there must be sufficient resources for the domain
to run (memory, disk, etc).
Migration is pretty complicated, and has many security implications.
Please read the Xen User's Guide to ensure you understand the
ramifications and limitations on migration before attempting it in
production.
B<OPTIONS>
=over 4
=item B<-l>, B<--live>
Use live migration. This will migrate the domain between hosts
without shutting down the domain. See the Xen User's Guide for more
information.
=item B<-r>, B<--resource> I<Mbs>
Set maximum Mbs allowed for migrating the domain. This ensures that
the network link is not saturated with migration traffic while
attempting to do other useful work.
=back
=item B<new> I<configfile> [I<OPTIONS>] [I<vars>]...
Adds a domain to Xend domain management.
The new subcommand requires a config file and can optionally
take a series of I<vars> that add to or override variables
defined in the config file. See xmdomain.cfg for full details of that
file format, and possible options used in either the configfile or for
I<vars>.
I<configfile> can either be an absolute path to a file, or a relative
path to a file located in /etc/xen.
The new subcommand will return without starting the domain. The
domain needs to be started using the B<xm start> command.
B<OPTIONS>
=over 4
=item B<--help_config>
Print the available configuration variables I<vars>. These variables may be
used on the command line or in the configuration file I<configfile>.
=item B<-q>, B<--quiet>
No console output.
=item B<--path>
Search path for configuration scripts. The value of PATH is a
colon-separated directory list.
=item B<-f=FILE>, B<--defconfig=FILE>
Use the given Python configuration script. The configuration
script is loaded after arguments have been processed. Each
command-line option sets a configuration variable named after
its long option name, and these variables are placed in the
environment of the script before it is loaded. Variables
for options that may be repeated have list values. Other
variables can be set using name=value on the command line.
After the script is loaded, option values that were not set
on the command line are replaced by the values set in the script.
=item B<-F=FILE>, B<--config=FILE>
Use the given SXP formatted configuration script.
SXP is the underlying configuration format used by Xen.
SXP configuration scripts can be hand-written or generated
from Python configuration scripts, using the -n
(dryrun) option to print the configuration. An SXP formatted
configuration file may also be generated for a given I<domain-id> by
redirecting the output from the the B<xm list --long I<domain-id>>
to a file.
=item B<-n>, B<--dryrun>
Dry run - prints the resulting configuration in SXP
but does not create the domain.
=item B<-x>, B<--xmldryrun>
XML dry run - prints the resulting configuration in
XML but does not create the domain.
=item B<-s>, B<--skipdtd>
Skip DTD checking - skips checks on XML before
creating. Experimental. Can decrease create time.
=item B<-p>, B<--paused>
Leave the domain paused after it is created.
=item B<-c>, B<--console_autoconnect>
Attach console to the domain as soon as it has started. This is
useful for determining issues with crashing domains.
=back
=item B<pause> I<domain-id>
Pause a domain. When in a paused state the domain will still consume
allocated resources such as memory, but will not be eligible for
scheduling by the Xen hypervisor.
=item B<reboot> [I<OPTIONS>] I<domain-id>
Reboot a domain. This acts just as if the domain had the B<reboot>
command run from the console. The command returns as soon as it has
executed the reboot action, which may be significantly before the
domain actually reboots.
The behavior of what happens to a domain when it reboots is set by the
B<on_reboot> parameter of the xmdomain.cfg file when the domain was
created.
B<OPTIONS>
=over 4
=item B<-a>, B<--all>
Reboot all domains.
=item B<-w>, B<--wait>
Wait for reboot to complete before returning. This may take a while,
as all services in the domain will have to be shut down cleanly.
=back
=item B<restore> I<state-file>
Build a domain from an B<xm save> state file. See B<save> for more info.
=item B<resume> I<domain-name> [I<OPTIONS>]
Moves a domain out of the suspended state and back into memory.
B<OPTIONS>
=over 4
=item B<-p>, <--paused>
Moves a domain back into memory but leaves the domain in a paused state.
The B<xm unpause> subcommand may then be used to bring it out of the
paused state.
=back
=item B<save> I<domain-id> I<state-file>
Saves a running domain to a state file so that it can be restored
later. Once saved, the domain will no longer be running on the
system, thus the memory allocated for the domain will be free for
other domains to use. B<xm restore> restores from this state file.
This is roughly equivalent to doing a hibernate on a running computer,
with all the same limitations. Open network connections may be
severed upon restore, as TCP timeouts may have expired.
=item B<shutdown> [I<OPTIONS>] I<domain-id>
Gracefully shuts down a domain. This coordinates with the domain OS
to perform graceful shutdown, so there is no guarantee that it will
succeed, and may take a variable length of time depending on what
services must be shutdown in the domain. The command returns
immediately after signally the domain unless that B<-w> flag is used.
The behavior of what happens to a domain when it reboots is set by the
B<on_shutdown> parameter of the xmdomain.cfg file when the domain was
created.
B<OPTIONS>
=over 4
=item B<-a>
Shutdown B<all> domains. Often used when doing a complete shutdown of
a Xen system.
=item B<-w>
Wait for the domain to complete shutdown before returning.
=back
=item B<start> I<domain-name> [I<OPTIONS>]
Start a Xend managed domain that was added using the B<xm new> command.
B<OPTIONS>
=over 4
=item B<-p>, B<--paused>
Do not unpause domain after starting it.
=item B<-c>, B<--console_autoconnect>
Connect to the console after the domain is created.
=back
=item B<suspend> I<domain-name>
Suspend a domain to a state file so that it can be later
resumed using the B<xm resume> subcommand. Similar to the B<xm save>
subcommand although the state file may not be specified.
=item B<sysrq> I<domain-id> I<letter>
Send a I<Magic System Request> signal to the domain. For more
information on available magic sys req operations, see sysrq.txt in
your Linux Kernel sources.
=item B<unpause> I<domain-id>
Moves a domain out of the paused state. This will allow a previously
paused domain to now be eligible for scheduling by the Xen hypervisor.
=item B<vcpu-set> I<domain-id> I<vcpu-count>
Enables the I<vcpu-count> virtual CPUs for the domain in question.
Like mem-set, this command can only allocate up to the maximum virtual
CPU count configured at boot for the domain.
If the I<vcpu-count> is smaller than the current number of active
VCPUs, the highest number VCPUs will be hotplug removed. This may be
important for pinning purposes.
Attempting to set the VCPUs to a number larger than the initially
configured VCPU count is an error. Trying to set VCPUs to < 1 will be
quietly ignored.
Because this operation requires cooperation from the domain operating
system, there is no guarantee that it will succeed. This command will
not work with a full virt domain.
=item B<vcpu-list> [I<domain-id>]
Lists VCPU information for a specific domain. If no domain is
specified, VCPU information for all domains will be provided.
=item B<vcpu-pin> I<domain-id> I<vcpu> I<cpus>
Pins the the VCPU to only run on the specific CPUs. The keyword
B<all> can be used to apply the I<cpus> list to all VCPUs in the
domain.
Normally VCPUs can float between available CPUs whenever Xen deems a
different run state is appropriate. Pinning can be used to restrict
this, by ensuring certain VCPUs can only run on certain physical
CPUs.
=back
=head1 XEN HOST SUBCOMMANDS
=over 4
=item B<dmesg> [B<-c>]
Reads the Xen message buffer, similar to dmesg on a Linux system. The
buffer contains informational, warning, and error messages created
during Xen's boot process. If you are having problems with Xen, this
is one of the first places to look as part of problem determination.
B<OPTIONS>
=over 4
=item B<-c>, B<--clear>
Clears Xen's message buffer.
=back
=item B<info>
Print information about the Xen host in I<name : value> format. When
reporting a Xen bug, please provide this information as part of the
bug report.
Sample output looks as follows (lines wrapped manually to make the man
page more readable):
host : talon
release : 2.6.12.6-xen0
version : #1 Mon Nov 14 14:26:26 EST 2005
machine : i686
nr_cpus : 2
nr_nodes : 1
cores_per_socket : 1
threads_per_core : 1
cpu_mhz : 696
hw_caps : 0383fbff:00000000:00000000:00000040
total_memory : 767
free_memory : 37
xen_major : 3
xen_minor : 0
xen_extra : -devel
xen_caps : xen-3.0-x86_32
xen_scheduler : credit
xen_pagesize : 4096
platform_params : virt_start=0xfc000000
xen_changeset : Mon Nov 14 18:13:38 2005 +0100
7793:090e44133d40
cc_compiler : gcc version 3.4.3 (Mandrakelinux
10.2 3.4.3-7mdk)
cc_compile_by : sdague
cc_compile_domain : (none)
cc_compile_date : Mon Nov 14 14:16:48 EST 2005
xend_config_format : 3
B<FIELDS>
Not all fields will be explained here, but some of the less obvious
ones deserve explanation:
=over 4
=item B<hw_caps>
A vector showing what hardware capabilities are supported by your
processor. This is equivalent to, though more cryptic, the flags
field in /proc/cpuinfo on a normal Linux machine.
=item B<free_memory>
Available memory (in MB) not allocated to Xen, or any other domains.
=item B<xen_caps>
The Xen version and architecture. Architecture values can be one of:
x86_32, x86_32p (i.e. PAE enabled), x86_64, ia64.
=item B<xen_changeset>
The Xen mercurial changeset id. Very useful for determining exactly
what version of code your Xen system was built from.
=back
=item B<log>
Print out the xend log. This log file can be found in
/var/log/xend.log.
=item B<top>
Executes the B<xentop> command, which provides real time monitoring of
domains. Xentop is a curses interface, and reasonably self
explanatory.
=item B<uptime>
Prints the current uptime of the domains running.
=back
=head1 SCHEDULER SUBCOMMANDS
Xen ships with a number of domain schedulers, which can be set at boot
time with the B<sched=> parameter on the Xen command line. By
default B<credit> is used for scheduling.
FIXME: we really need a scheduler expert to write up this section.
=over 4
=item B<sched-credit> [ B<-d> I<domain-id> [ B<-w>[B<=>I<WEIGHT>] | B<-c>[B<=>I<CAP>] ] ]
Set credit scheduler parameters. The credit scheduler is a
proportional fair share CPU scheduler built from the ground up to be
work conserving on SMP hosts.
Each domain (including Domain0) is assigned a weight and a cap.
B<PARAMETERS>
=over 4
=item I<WEIGHT>
A domain with a weight of 512 will get twice as much CPU as a domain
with a weight of 256 on a contended host. Legal weights range from 1
to 65535 and the default is 256.
=item I<CAP>
The cap optionally fixes the maximum amount of CPU a domain will be
able to consume, even if the host system has idle CPU cycles. The cap
is expressed in percentage of one physical CPU: 100 is 1 physical CPU,
50 is half a CPU, 400 is 4 CPUs, etc. The default, 0, means there is
no upper cap.
=back
=item B<sched-sedf> I<period> I<slice> I<latency-hint> I<extratime> I<weight>
Set Simple EDF (Earliest Deadline First) scheduler parameters. This
scheduler provides weighted CPU sharing in an intuitive way and uses
realtime-algorithms to ensure time guarantees. For more information
see docs/misc/sedf_scheduler_mini-HOWTO.txt in the Xen distribution.
B<PARAMETERS>
=over 4
=item I<period>
The normal EDF scheduling usage in nanoseconds
=item I<slice>
The normal EDF scheduling usage in nanoseconds
FIXME: these are lame, should explain more.
=item I<latency-hint>
Scaled period if domain is doing heavy I/O.
=item I<extratime>
Flag for allowing domain to run in extra time.
=item I<weight>
Another way of setting CPU slice.
=back
B<EXAMPLES>
I<normal EDF (20ms/5ms):>
xm sched-sedf <dom-id> 20000000 5000000 0 0 0
I<best-effort domains (i.e. non-realtime):>
xm sched-sedf <dom-id> 20000000 0 0 1 0
I<normal EDF (20ms/5ms) + share of extra-time:>
xm sched-sedf <dom-id> 20000000 5000000 0 1 0
I<4 domains with weights 2:3:4:2>
xm sched-sedf <d1> 0 0 0 0 2
xm sched-sedf <d2> 0 0 0 0 3
xm sched-sedf <d3> 0 0 0 0 4
xm sched-sedf <d4> 0 0 0 0 2
I<1 fully-specified (10ms/3ms) domain, 3 other domains share available
rest in 2:7:3 ratio:>
xm sched-sedf <d1> 10000000 3000000 0 0 0
xm sched-sedf <d2> 0 0 0 0 2
xm sched-sedf <d3> 0 0 0 0 7
xm sched-sedf <d4> 0 0 0 0 3
=back
=head1 VIRTUAL DEVICE COMMANDS
Most virtual devices can be added and removed while guests are
running. The effect to the guest OS is much the same as any hotplug
event.
=head2 BLOCK DEVICES
=over 4
=item B<block-attach> I<domain-id> I<be-dev> I<fe-dev> I<mode> [I<bedomain-id>]
Create a new virtual block device. This will trigger a hotplug event
for the guest.
B<OPTIONS>
=over 4
=item I<domain-id>
The domain id of the guest domain that the device will be attached to.
=item I<be-dev>
The device in the backend domain (usually domain 0) to be exported.
This can be specified as a physical partition (phy:sda7) or as a file
mounted as loopback (file://path/to/loop.iso).
=item I<fe-dev>
How the device should be presented to the guest domain. It can be
specified as either a symbolic name, such as /dev/hdc, for common
devices, or by device id, such as 0x1400 (/dev/hdc device id in hex).
=item I<mode>
The access mode for the device from the guest domain. Supported modes
are B<w> (read/write) or B<r> (read-only).
=item I<bedomain-id>
The back end domain hosting the device. This defaults to domain 0.
=back
B<EXAMPLES>
=over 4
=item I<Mount an ISO as a Disk>
xm block-attach guestdomain file://path/to/dsl-2.0RC2.iso /dev/hdc ro
This will mount the dsl ISO as /dev/hdc in the guestdomain as a read
only device. This will probably not be detected as a CD-ROM by the
guest, but mounting /dev/hdc manually will work.
=back
=item B<block-detach> I<domain-id> I<devid> [B<--force>]
Detach a domain's virtual block device. I<devid> may be the symbolic
name or the numeric device id given to the device by domain 0. You
will need to run B<xm block-list> to determine that number.
Detaching the device requires the cooperation of the domain. If the
domain fails to release the device (perhaps because the domain is hung
or is still using the device), the detach will fail. The B<--force>
parameter will forcefully detach the device, but may cause IO errors
in the domain.
=item B<block-list> [B<-l>|B<--long>] I<domain-id>
List virtual block devices for a domain. The returned output is
formatted as a list or as an S-Expression if the B<--long> option was given.
=back
=head2 NETWORK DEVICES
=over 4
=item B<network-attach> I<domain-id> [B<script=>I<scriptname>] [B<ip=>I<ipaddr>]
[B<mac=>I<macaddr>] [B<bridge=>I<bridge-name>] [B<backend=>I<bedomain-id>]
Creates a new network device in the domain specified by I<domain-id>. It
takes the following optional options:
=back
B<OPTIONS>
=over 4
=item B<script=>I<scriptname>
Use the specified script name to bring up the network. Defaults to
the default setting in xend-config.sxp for B<vif-script>.
=item B<ip=>I<ipaddr>
Passes the specified IP Address to the adapter on creation.
FIXME: this currently appears to be B<broken>. I'm not sure under what
circumstances this should actually work.
=item B<mac=>I<macaddr>
The MAC address that the domain will see on its Ethernet device. If
the device is not specified it will be randomly generated with the
00:16:3e vendor id prefix.
=item B<bridge=>I<bridge-name>
The name of the bridge to attach the vif to, in case you have more
than one. This defaults to xenbr0.
=item B<backend=>I<bedomain-id>
The backend domain id. By default this is domain 0.
=back
=over 4
=item B<network-detach> I<domain-id> I<devid>
Removes the network device from the domain specified by I<domain-id>.
I<devid> is the virtual interface device number within the domain
(i.e. the 3 in vif22.3).
FIXME: this is currently B<broken>. Network devices aren't completely
removed from domain 0.
=item B<network-list> [B<-l>|B<--long>]> I<domain-id>
List virtual network interfaces for a domain. The returned output is
formatted as a list or as an S-Expression if the B<--long> option was given.
=back
=head2 VIRTUAL TPM DEVICES
=over 4
=item B<vtpm-list> [B<-l>|B<--long>] I<domain-id>
Show the virtual TPM device for a domain. The returned output is
formatted as a list or as an S-Expression if the B<--long> option was given.
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
B<xmdomain.cfg>(5), B<xentop>(1)
=head1 AUTHOR
Sean Dague <sean at dague dot net>
Daniel Stekloff <dsteklof at us dot ibm dot com>
Reiner Sailer <sailer at us dot ibm dot com>
Stefan Berger <stefanb at us dot ibm dot com>
=head1 BUGS
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