Chapter 5. CLI Queries

5.1. Query Syntax

The CLI list command uses the --query attribute to perform server-side queries, which uses the same format as Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager search query language:

Table 5.1. Example search queries

Collection Criteria Result
hosts vms.status=up Displays a list of all hosts running virtual machines that are up.
vms domain=qa.company.com Displays a list of all virtual machines running on the specified domain.
vms users.name=mary Displays a list of all virtual machines belonging to users with the user name mary.
events severity>normal sortby time Displays the list of all events with severity higher than normal and sorted by the time element values.
events severity>normal sortby time desc Displays the list of all events with severity higher than normal and sorted by the time element values in descending order.