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Chapter 25. Virtualization tools
The following is a list of tools for virtualization administration, debugging and networking tools that are useful for systems running Xen.
- System Administration Tools
vmstatiostatlsof# lsof -i :5900 xen-vncfb 10635 root 5u IPv4 218738 TCP grumble.boston.redhat.com:5900 (LISTEN)
qemu-img
- Advanced Debugging Tools
systemTapcrashxen-gdbserversysrqsysrq tsysrq wsysrq 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
ifconfigtcpdump
- KVM tools
pspstreetopkvmtracekvm_stat
- Xen tools
xentopxm dmesgxm log

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