Viewing Detailed Information About Virtual Machines and Containers
To view detailed information about a virtual machine or Container, you can use the
prlctl list -i
command. For example, the following command lists all information about the
MyVM
virtual machine:
# prlctl list -i MyVM
ID: {5c1fb1bb-4364-4b42-86b2-c584bdd2223b}
EnvID: 2075205468
Name: MyVM
Description:
State: running
OS: win-7
Uptime: 21:49:55 (since 2011-05-19 12:25:19)
Home: /var/parallels/MyVM.pvm/
Owner: root@.
Effective owner: owner
GuestTools: state=installed
Autostart: off
Autostop: shutdown
Boot order: hdd0 cdrom0 fdd0
Remote display: mode=off port=6500 address=0.0.0.0
Remote display state: stopped
Hardware:
cpu 1 VT-x accl=high mode=32 ioprio=4 iolimit=0
memory 1024Mb
video 32Mb
memory_quota auto
fdd0 (+) real='/dev/fd0' state=disconnected
hdd0 (+) sata:0 image='/var/parallels/MyVM.pvm/MyVM-0.hdd' 65536Mb
cdrom0 (+) sata:1 real='D: ' state=disconnected
parallel0 (+) real='/dev/lp0'
usb (+)
net0 (+) dev='vme7bb11f5c.0' network='Bridged' mac=001C427B68E3 card=e1000
Host Shared Folders: (+)
SmartMount: (-)
VirtualUsbMouse: state=disabled
Encrypted: no
Offline management: (-)
The following table describes the main options displayed by
prlctl list -i
.
Option
|
Description
|
ID
|
Virtual machine identifier. Usually, you use this ID, along with the virtual machine name, when performing an operation on the virtual machine.
|
EnvID
|
Kernel virtual machine identifier. This is the ID the kernel on the physical server uses to refer to a virtual machine when displaying some information on this virtual machine.
|
Name
|
Virtual machine name.
|
Description
|
Virtual machine description.
|
State
|
Virtual machine state.
|
OS
|
Guest operating system installed in a virtual machine.
|
Uptime
|
Time that shows for how long a virtual machine has been running since counter reset.
Note:
The uptime counter as well as count start date and time can be reset with the
prlctl reset-uptime
command.
|
Home
|
Directory storing virtual machine files.
|
Guest Tools
|
Shows whether Parallels Tools are installed in a virtual machine.
|
Autostart
|
Shows whether a virtual machine is automatically started when you turn on the physical server.
|
Boot order
|
Order in which the virtual machine devices are checked for an operating system.
|
Hardware
|
Devices available in a virtual machine.
|
Offline management
|
Denotes whether the offline management feature is enabled for the virtual machine, and if yes, lists the available offline services.
|
Note:
The options
prlctl list
displays for Containers are similar to those for virtual machines.
|