Follow Techotopia on Twitter

On-line Guides
All Guides
eBook Store
iOS / Android
Linux for Beginners
Office Productivity
Linux Installation
Linux Security
Linux Utilities
Linux Virtualization
Linux Kernel
System/Network Admin
Programming
Scripting Languages
Development Tools
Web Development
GUI Toolkits/Desktop
Databases
Mail Systems
openSolaris
Eclipse Documentation
Techotopia.com
Virtuatopia.com
Answertopia.com

How To Guides
Virtualization
General System Admin
Linux Security
Linux Filesystems
Web Servers
Graphics & Desktop
PC Hardware
Windows
Problem Solutions
Privacy Policy

  




 

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Essentials Book now available.

Purchase a copy of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9) Essentials

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Essentials Print and eBook (PDF) editions contain 34 chapters and 298 pages

Preview Book

Chapter 18. Red Hat Virtualization tools

The following is a list of tools for Red Hat Virtualization administration, debugging and networking tools that are useful for systems running Xen.
System Administration Tools
  • xentop
  • xm dmesg
  • xm log
  • vmstat
  • iostat
  • lsof
    # lsof -i :5900
    xen-vncfb 10635  root  5u  IPv4 218738  TCP grumble.boston.redhat.com:5900 (LISTEN)
    
Advanced Debugging Tools
  • XenOprofile
  • systemTap
  • crash
  • xen-gdbserver
  • sysrq
  • sysrq t
  • sysrq w
  • sysrq c
Networking
brtcl
  • # brctl show
    bridge name  bridge id            STP enabled    interfaces
    xenbr0       8000.feffffffffff    no             vif13.0
    						 pdummy0
                                                     vif0.0
    
  • # brctl showmacs xenbr0
    port no  mac addr                is local?       aging timer
      1      fe:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff       yes             0.00
    
  • # brctl showstp xenbr0
    xenbr0
    bridge id              8000.feffffffffff
    designated root        8000.feffffffffff
    root port              0                    path cost                 0
    max age                20.00                bridge max age            20.00
    hello time             2.00                 bridge hello time         2.00
    forward delay          0.00                 bridge forward delay      0.00
    aging time            300.01
    hello timer            1.43                 tcn timer                 0.00
    topology change timer  0.00                 gc timer                  0.02
    flags
    
    vif13.0 (3)
    port id                8003                 state                    forwarding
    designated root        8000.feffffffffff    path cost                100
    designated bridge      8000.feffffffffff    message age timer        0.00
    designated port        8003                 forward delay timer      0.00
    designated cost        0                    hold timer               0.43
    flags
    
    pdummy0 (2)
    port id                8002                 state                    forwarding
    designated root        8000.feffffffffff    path cost                100
    designated bridge      8000.feffffffffff    message age timer        0.00
    designated port        8002                 forward delay timer      0.00
    designated cost        0                    hold timer               0.43
    flags
    
    vif0.0 (1)
    port id                8001                 state                    forwarding
    designated root        8000.feffffffffff    path cost                100
    designated bridge      8000.feffffffffff    message age timer        0.00
    designated port        8001                 forward delay timer      0.00
    designated cost        0                    hold timer               0.43
    flags
    
  • ifconfig
  • tcpdump

 
 
  Published under the terms of the GNU General Public License Design by Interspire