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Viewing Detailed Information About Virtual Machines

To view detailed information about a virtual machine, you can use the pctl list -i command. For example, the following command lists all information about the MyVM virtual machine:

# pctl 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 pctl list -i .

Option Name

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 a virtual machine has been up and running from its last start.

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.