Name

Description

--mem-limit <auto> | <size>

Sets the upper limit of the memory size that can be reserved for use by virtual machines. The following options are available:

• auto — if this option is used, the memory size will be calculated automatically.
• size — user-defined memory size, in megabytes.

-s,--min-security-level <low | normal | high>

The lowest allowable security level that can be used to connect to the Parallels server. The following options are available:

• low — plain TCP/IP (no encryption).
• normal — most important data is sent and received using SSL over TCP/IP (user credentials during login, guest OS clipboard, etc.) Other data is sent and received using plain TCP/IP with no encryption.
• high — all of the data is sent and received using SSL.

-c,--cep <on | off>

Enables/disables the participation in the Customer Experience Program (CEP). The following options are available:

• on — enables CEP.
• off — disables CEP.

--mng-settings <allow | deny>

Allows to grant or deny permission to new users to modify Parallels Cloud Server preferences. By default, only administrators of the host OS can modify Parallels Cloud Server preferences. When a new user profile is created (this happens when a user logs in to the Parallels server for the first time), he/she will be granted or denied this privilege based on the default setting. This parameter allows you to set that default setting. Please note that this parameter only affects new users (the users that will be created in the future). The profiles of the existing users will not be modified.

--device <device> --assignment <host | vm>

Allows to set the assignment mode for the specified VTd device. The following options are available:

• host — assign the device to the Parallels server.
• vm — assign the device to virtual machines.

--backup-storage [ user [ : passwd ] @ ] server [ : port ]]

The default backup server where to store virtual machine backups.

--backup-path <path>

The name and path of the default directory on the backup server where to store virtual machine backups.

--verbose-log <on | off>

Turns the verbose output for the command on or off.

--cluster-mode <on | off>

Turns the cluster mode on or off.

--backup-timeout <timeout>

Sets the timeout for backup and restore operations, in seconds.

--backup-tmpdir <tmp_dir>

Specifies a temporary directory where special snapshots created during virtual machine backup will be stored.

This may be necessary so as not to run out of storage space on physical servers where most of the storage space is allocated to virtual machines and very little is left for the server itself.