restart vm

restart vm vm_name {forceful | graceful}

Description

Restarts (reboots) a virtual machine (VM).

Syntax Description


vm	Virtual machine.
`vm_name`	Specifies the VM to restart.
forceful	Forcefully terminates the VM.
graceful	Gracefully shuts down the VM if possible (default).

Default

By default, the VM is gracefully shut down before restarting, if possible.

Usage Guidelines

N/A.

Example

The following example restarts the VM "testvm" gracefully:

restart vm testvm gracefully

History

This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 30.4.

Platform Availability

This command is available on all platforms that support the Extreme Insight for Guest VMs feature and have a Core license installed. For a list of platforms that support the Insight feature and for information about licenses, see the ExtremeXOS 30.6 Feature License Requirements .