Viewing Detailed Information About Virtual Machines and Containers

To view detailed information about a virtual machine or Container, you can use the prlctl list -i command. For example, the following command lists all information about the MyVM virtual machine:

# prlctl list -i MyVM

ID: {5c1fb1bb-4364-4b42-86b2-c584bdd2223b}

EnvID: 2075205468

Name: MyVM

Description:

State: running

OS: win-7

Uptime: 21:49:55 (since 2011-05-19 12:25:19)

Home: /var/parallels/MyVM.pvm/

Owner: root@.

Effective owner: owner

GuestTools: state=installed

Autostart: off

Autostop: shutdown

Boot order: hdd0 cdrom0 fdd0

Remote display: mode=off port=6500 address=0.0.0.0

Remote display state: stopped

Hardware:

cpu 1 VT-x accl=high mode=32 ioprio=4 iolimit=0

memory 1024Mb

video 32Mb

memory_quota auto

fdd0 (+) real='/dev/fd0' state=disconnected

hdd0 (+) sata:0 image='/var/parallels/MyVM.pvm/MyVM-0.hdd' 65536Mb

cdrom0 (+) sata:1 real='D: ' state=disconnected

parallel0 (+) real='/dev/lp0'

usb (+)

net0 (+) dev='vme7bb11f5c.0' network='Bridged' mac=001C427B68E3 card=e1000

Host Shared Folders: (+)

SmartMount: (-)

VirtualUsbMouse: state=disabled

Encrypted: no

Offline management: (-)

The following table describes the main options displayed by prlctl list -i.

Option	Description
`ID`	Virtual machine identifier. Usually, you use this ID, along with the virtual machine name, when performing an operation on the virtual machine.
`EnvID`	Kernel virtual machine identifier. This is the ID the kernel on the physical server uses to refer to a virtual machine when displaying some information on this virtual machine.
`Name`	Virtual machine name.
`Description`	Virtual machine description.
`State`	Virtual machine state.
`OS`	Guest operating system installed in a virtual machine.
`Uptime`	Time that shows for how long a virtual machine has been running since counter reset. Note: The uptime counter as well as count start date and time can be reset with the `prlctl reset-uptime` command.
`Home`	Directory storing virtual machine files.
`Guest Tools`	Shows whether guest tools are installed in a virtual machine.
`Autostart`	Shows whether a virtual machine is automatically started when you turn on the physical server.
`Boot order`	Order in which the virtual machine devices are checked for an operating system.
`Hardware`	Devices available in a virtual machine.
`Offline management`	Denotes whether the offline management feature is enabled for the virtual machine, and if yes, lists the available offline services.

Note: The options prlctl list displays for Containers are similar to those for virtual machines.

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