Matrix of Parallels Server Bare Metal Command-Line Utilities

The table below contains the full list of Parallels Server Bare Metal command-line utilities you can use for managing Containers.

General utilities are intended for performing day-to-day maintenance tasks:

`pctl`	Utility to control Containers.
`vzlist`	Utility to view a list of Containers existing on the server with additional information.
`vzquota`	Utility to control Parallels Server Bare Metal disk quotas.

Container migration tools allow to migrate Containers between servers or within one server:

`vzmigrate`	Utility for migrating Containers from one server to another.
`vzmlocal`	Utility for the local cloning or moving of the Containers.
`vzp2v`	Utility for migrating physical servers to Containers on the Parallels server.
`pmigrate`	Utility for migrating physical servers to Containers and for moving Containers between Parallels servers.

Container backup utilities allow to back up and restore the Container private areas, configuration files, action scripts, and quota information:

`pbackup`	Utility to back up Containers.
`prestore`	Utility to restore backed up Containers.

Template management tools allow the template creation, maintenance and installation of applications into a Container:

`vzpkg`	Utility to manage OS and application EZ templates either inside your Containers or on the server itself.
`vzmktmpl`	Utility to create OS and application EZ templates.
`vzpkgproxy`	Utility to create caching proxy servers for handling OS and application EZ templates.
`vzrhnproxy`	Utility to create RHN proxy servers for handling the packages included in the RHEL 4 and RHEL 5 OS EZ templates.

Supplementary tools perform a number of miscellaneous tasks in the Parallels server and Container context:

`vzfsutil`	Utility for the VZFS optimization and consistency checking.
`vzcache`	Utility to gain extra disk space by caching the files identical in different Containers.
`vzps` `vztop`	Utilities working as the standard `ps` and `top` utilities, with Container-related functionality added.
`vzsetxinetd`	Utility to switch some services between a standalone and `xinetd` -dependent modes.
`vzdqcheck`	Print file space current usage from quota’s point of view.
`vzdqdump` `vzdqload`	Utilities to dump the Container user/group quota limits and grace times from the kernel or the quota file or for loading them to a quota file.
`vznetstat`	Utility that prints network traffic usage statistic by Containers.
`vzcpucheck`	Utility for checking CPU utilization by Containers.
`vzmemcheck`	Utility for checking the server and Container current memory parameters.
`vzcalc`	Utility to calculate resource usage by a Container.
`vzcheckovr`	Utility to check the current system overcommitment and safety of the total resource control settings.
`vzstat`	Utility to monitor the server and Container resources consumption in real time.
`vzpid`	Utility that prints Container id the process belongs to.
`vzsplit`	Utility to generate Container configuration file sample, “splitting” the server into equal parts.
`vzcfgscale`	Utility to scale the Container configuration.
`vzcfgvalidate`	Utility to validate Container configuration file correctness.
`vzhwcalc`	Utility to scan the main resources on any Linux server and to save the obtained information to a special file.
`vzmtemplate`	Utility to migrate the installed OS and application templates from the one server to another.

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