Parallels Server Bare Metal - 5.0 User Guide

Parallels Server Bare Metal

5.0

Command-Line Reference Guide

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Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................... 8

About Parallels Server Bare Metal 5.0 .............................................................................. 9

About This Guide .......................................................................................................... 10

Organization of This Guide .................................................................................................... 11

Documentation Conventions ................................................................................................. 11

Formatting Legend ........................................................................................................ 13

Getting Help .................................................................................................................. 14

Feedback ...................................................................................................................... 15

Managing Parallels Server Bare Metal 5.0.............................................................. 16

Parallels Server Bare Metal Configuration Files ............................................................... 17

Global Parallels Server Bare Metal Configuration File ............................................................. 19

Container Configuration File ................................................................................................... 26

Linux Distribution Configuration Files ..................................................................................... 34

Network Classes Definition File .............................................................................................. 36

vzup2date Configuration File ................................................................................................. 37

vzup2date-mirror Configuration File ....................................................................................... 38

vzvpn Configuration File ......................................................................................................... 41

vzreport Configuration File ..................................................................................................... 42

Kernel Parameters ................................................................................................................. 43

Offline Management Configuration Files ................................................................................. 44

vzlmond Configuration File ..................................................................................................... 45

vzstat Configuration File......................................................................................................... 47

vzrmond Configuration File .................................................................................................... 49

vzstatrep Configuration File ................................................................................................... 52

Backup Configuration File ...................................................................................................... 54

vzrhnproxy Configuration File ................................................................................................. 57

vzpkgproxy Configuration File ................................................................................................ 58

vztt Configuration File ............................................................................................................ 59

Parallels Server Bare Metal Scripts................................................................................. 59

Overview ............................................................................................................................... 60

Contents

Container Action Scripts ........................................................................................................ 61

Virtual Machine Action Scripts ............................................................................................... 63

Parallels Server Bare Metal Utilities ................................................................................ 63

prlsrvctl .................................................................................................................................. 64

vzup2date ............................................................................................................................. 81

vzup2date-mirror ................................................................................................................... 88

vzlicload ................................................................................................................................ 89

vzlicupdate ............................................................................................................................ 90

vzlicview ................................................................................................................................ 91

vznetcfg ................................................................................................................................. 92

vzreport ................................................................................................................................. 93

vzstatrep ............................................................................................................................... 94

pstat ...................................................................................................................................... 95

Managing Containers ............................................................................................ 102

Matrix of Parallels Server Bare Metal Command-Line Utilities ........................................ 103

pctl ............................................................................................................................. 105

pctl create ........................................................................................................................... 107

pctl delete and pctl destroy ................................................................................................. 108

pctl start, pctl stop, pctl restart, and pctl status ................................................................... 109

pctl mount and pctl umount ................................................................................................ 110

pctl set ................................................................................................................................ 111

pctl unset ............................................................................................................................ 120

pctl exec, pctl exec2, and pctl enter .................................................................................... 120

pctl recover and pctl reinstall ............................................................................................... 121

pctl quotaon, pctl quotaoff, and pctl quotainit ..................................................................... 122

pctl suspend and pctl resume ............................................................................................. 122

pctl runscript ....................................................................................................................... 123

vzlist ........................................................................................................................... 124

vzlist Output Parameters and Their Specifiers ...................................................................... 126

vzquota ....................................................................................................................... 130

vzquota init .......................................................................................................................... 131

vzquota drop ....................................................................................................................... 132

vzquota on and vzquota off ................................................................................................. 132

vzquota setlimit ................................................................................................................... 133

vzquota setlimit2 ................................................................................................................. 133

Contents

vzquota stat and vzquota show ........................................................................................... 134

Migration Utilities ......................................................................................................... 135

pmigrate .............................................................................................................................. 135

vzmigrate ............................................................................................................................. 139

vzmlocal .............................................................................................................................. 141

vzp2v................................................................................................................................... 142

Backing-Up Utilities ..................................................................................................... 143

pbackup .............................................................................................................................. 144

prestore ............................................................................................................................... 146

EZ Template Management Utilities ............................................................................... 148

vzpkg install template .......................................................................................................... 149

vzpkg update template ........................................................................................................ 149

vzpkg remove template ....................................................................................................... 150

vzpkg list ............................................................................................................................. 151

vzpkg info ............................................................................................................................ 153

vzpkg status ........................................................................................................................ 156

vzpkg install ......................................................................................................................... 157

vzpkg update ...................................................................................................................... 159

vzpkg remove ...................................................................................................................... 160

vzpkg link ............................................................................................................................ 161

vzpkg create cache ............................................................................................................. 162

vzpkg update cache ............................................................................................................ 163

vzpkg remove cache ........................................................................................................... 164

vzpkg localinstall .................................................................................................................. 165

vzpkg localupdate ............................................................................................................... 166

vzpkg upgrade .................................................................................................................... 167

vzpkg fetch .......................................................................................................................... 168

vzpkg clean ......................................................................................................................... 169

vzpkg update metadata ....................................................................................................... 170

vzmktmpl ............................................................................................................................. 171

vzpkgproxy .......................................................................................................................... 175

vzrhnproxy ........................................................................................................................... 176

Supplementary Tools................................................................................................... 178

vzfsutil ................................................................................................................................. 178

vzcache ............................................................................................................................... 180

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