Class Xen::Vm
In: lib/xen/vm.rb
Parent: Object

Methods

clean_reboot!   clean_shutdown!   hard_reboot!   hard_shutdown!   is_dom0?   name   new   pause!   record   start!   state   to_s   unpause!   uuid  

Attributes

uid  [R] 

Public Class methods

new(uid, host)

Creates a new VM, Given the VM‘s UID and the host it is running on.

Public Instance methods

clean_reboot!()

Reboots the VM in a clean way, and returns the current state

clean_shutdown!()

Shuts down the VM in a clean way, and returns the current state

hard_reboot!()

Hard reboots the VM, and returns the current state

hard_shutdown!()

Shuts down the VM immediatly, hard, and returns the current state

is_dom0?()

Returns true if the current vm happens to be dom0.

name()

Returns the VM‘s name

pause!()

Pauses the VM, and returns the current state

record()

Record..

start!(paused = false)

Starts a VM, and returns the current state

state(refresh = false)

Gets the state of the VM. The first time it is called it query‘s the server, other times it is cached. There is an optional parameter ‘refresh’ which, when true, will re-query the server.

Example

  # Having vm being a new initiated Vm
  vm.state # => "Running"
  vm.clean_shutdown! # => "Running"
  # We wait a while
  vm.state # => "Running" (cached)
  vm.state(true) # => "Halted"
unpause!()

Unpauses the VM, and returns the current state

uuid()

Returns the VM‘s uuid

[Validate]