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start vm vm_name

Description

Starts a virtual machine (VM) process.

Syntax Description

vm Designates starting a vm process.
vm_name Specifies the VM name.

Default

N/A.

Usage Guidelines

The effect of this command is not persistent. The initial VM state after boot is determined by the VM‘s enabled/disabled configuration state.

To stop a VM process, use the command stop vm vm_name [forceful | graceful].

The Extreme Insight feature requires the Solid State Storage Device SSD-120.

Example

The following example starts the VM process "vm1":

# start vm vm1

History

This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 30.3.

Platform Availability

This command is available on the ExtremeSwitching X465-24MU and X465-24MU-24W switches with a Core license.