KVM

Command to insure processor virtualization is enabled

lsmod | grep kvm

Command to restart libvirt after modification of machine xml file

systemctl restart libvirtd

Disable autostart for VM test1

virsh autostart --disable test1

Set VM test1 to autostart

virsh autostart test1

Force power-off the VM test1

virsh destroy test1

Shutdown VM test1

virsh shutdown test1

Start VM test1

virsh start test1

Destroy all storage for VM test1

virsh undefine test1 --remove-all-storage

Clone virtual machine CLI

virt-clone

Install virtual machine CLI

virt-install

Command to start KVM manager in GUI

virt-manager

Command to install necessary packages for Virtualization

yum -y groups install "Virtualization Host" "Virtualization Client"

Directory for KVM guest configuration xml files

/etc/libvirt/qemu