Reference Table

Command Sets

Practical bundles to reduce lookup time during maintenance windows and production incidents.

Host + daemon baseline

When: first checks on a fresh or failing hypervisor

$ systemctl status libvirtd
$ virsh -c qemu:///system uri
$ virsh version
$ journalctl -u libvirtd -n 150

Domain lifecycle bundle

When: daily VM operations, incident response, controlled shutdowns

$ virsh list --all
$ virsh dominfo <vm>
$ virsh start <vm> | shutdown <vm> | reboot <vm>
$ virsh undefine <vm> --remove-all-storage

Network + storage audit

When: connectivity failures or capacity planning

$ virsh net-list --all
$ virsh net-dumpxml <net>
$ virsh pool-list --all
$ virsh vol-list <pool>

Migration readiness

When: pre-flight checks before moving workloads

$ virsh domcapabilities --machine q35
$ virsh cpu-compare baseline.xml
$ virsh migrate --live <vm> qemu+ssh://<dst>/system
$ virsh domjobinfo <vm>